WRITER

Marin Držić

1508 - 1567

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Marin Držić (Croatian pronunciation: [mâriːn dř̩ːʒitɕ]; also Marino Darza or Marino Darsa; 1508 – 2 May 1567) was a Croatian writer from Republic of Ragusa. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marin Držić has received more than 107,845 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Marin Držić is the 1,720th most popular writer (down from 1,674th in 2019), the 84th most popular biography from Croatia (down from 73rd in 2019) and the 10th most popular Croatian Writer.

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  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Marin Držić ranks 1,720 out of 7,302Before him are Pierre Plantard, José Mauro de Vasconcelos, Lewis Mumford, Mateo Alemán, David Morrell, and Slavenka Drakulić. After him are Giovanni Battista Guarini, Luigi Pulci, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Archestratus, E. E. Cummings, and Hans F. K. Günther.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1508, Marin Držić ranks 10Before him are Nikola IV Zrinski, Pieter Aertsen, Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley, Ercole II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Primož Trubar, and Anne de Pisseleu d'Heilly. After him are Gemma Frisius, and Nicolás Monardes. Among people deceased in 1567, Marin Držić ranks 7Before him are Jiajing Emperor, Myeongjong of Joseon, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse, Anne de Montmorency, and Michael Stifel. After him are Girolamo Priuli, Marie of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, Juan Bautista de Toledo, Ligier Richier, Estácio de Sá, and Gómez Pereira.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Marin Držić ranks 84 out of 700Before him are Mika Špiljak (1916), Ante Starčević (1823), Benedetto Cotrugli (1416), Roberto de Visiani (1800), Arsen Dedić (1938), and Slavenka Drakulić (1949). After him are Vladko Maček (1879), Giorgio da Sebenico (1410), Ilija Petković (1945), Vatroslav Jagić (1838), Fausto Veranzio (1551), and Milan Martić (1954).

Among WRITERS In Croatia

Among writers born in Croatia, Marin Držić ranks 10Before him are Ivan Gundulić (1589), Ljudevit Gaj (1809), Matthias Flacius (1520), Petar Zrinski (1621), Ödön von Horváth (1901), and Slavenka Drakulić (1949). After him are Tin Ujević (1891), Niccolò Tommaseo (1802), Petar Preradović (1818), Frano Selak (1929), Ivan Mažuranić (1814), and Petar Hektorović (1487).