WRITER

Moderata Fonte

1555 - 1592

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Moderata Fonte, directly translating to Modest Well, is a pseudonym of Modesta di Pozzo di Forzi (or Zorzi), also known as Modesto Pozzo (or Modesta, feminization of Modesto), (1555–1592) a Venetian writer and poet. Besides the posthumously-published dialogues, Giustizia delle donne and Il merito delle donne (gathered in The Worth of Women, 1600), for which she is best known, she wrote a romance and religious poetry. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Moderata Fonte has received more than 60,740 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Moderata Fonte is the 2,804th most popular writer (up from 3,156th in 2019), the 2,610th most popular biography from Italy (up from 2,693rd in 2019) and the 171st most popular Italian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 61k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Il merito delle donne
Early works to 1800, Women
1988
Floridoro
2007
Floridoro
Poetry (poetic works by one author)
2006
Tredici canti del Floridoro
1581
Worth of Women
Women, social conditions, Women, history, renaissance, 1450-1600
2007
The Merits of Women
Women, social conditions, Women, history, renaissance, 1450-1600, Women
2018

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Moderata Fonte ranks 2,804 out of 7,302. Before her are Frans G. Bengtsson, Denis Davydov, Rafael de Nogales Méndez, Lev Kopelev, Mouloud Mammeri, and Arthur Cravan. After her are Apostolo Zeno, Marija Jurić Zagorka, Louis of Granada, Unica Zürn, Gunnar Staalesen, and George Herbert.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1555, Moderata Fonte ranks 14. Before her are Cesare Ripa, Dong Qichang, Johann Arndt, Louise de Coligny, Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon, and Charles II, Lord of Monaco. After her are Antonio Tempesta, Giovanni Antonio Magini, and Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi. Among people deceased in 1592, Moderata Fonte ranks 19. Before her are William the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Michiel Coxie, Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa, John Casimir of the Palatinate-Simmern, Paschal Baylón, and Marc'Antonio Ingegneri. After her are John VII, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Dorothea Susanne of Simmern, Sibylle of Saxony, Girolamo Cassar, Alessandro Striggio, and Dirck Barendsz.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Moderata Fonte ranks 2,610 out of 5,161. Before her are Cesare Pugni (1802), Simonetta Stefanelli (1954), Gianfrancesco I Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua (1395), Titta Ruffo (1877), Rose McGowan (1973), and Franca Viola (1948). After her are Apostolo Zeno (1668), Antonio Tempesta (1555), Marino Grimani (1532), Roberto Fiore (1959), Marcia (33), and Tonino Delli Colli (1923).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Moderata Fonte ranks 171. Before her are Elio Vittorini (1908), Alda Merini (1931), Giuseppe Giacosa (1847), Michele Ruggieri (1543), Sibilla Aleramo (1876), and Guido Guinizelli (1230). After her are Apostolo Zeno (1668), Bernardo Dovizi (1470), Valerio Massimo Manfredi (1942), Jean-Antoine de Baïf (1532), Cristina Trivulzio Belgiojoso (1808), and Silvio Pellico (1789).

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