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Nossis

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Nossis (Greek: Νοσσίς, fl. c. 300 BC) was a Hellenistic poet from Epizephyrian Locris in Magna Graecia. Probably well-educated and from a noble family, Nossis was influenced by and claimed to rival Sappho. Eleven or twelve of her epigrams, mostly religious dedications and epitaphs, survive in the Greek Anthology, making her one of the best-preserved ancient Greek women poets, though her work does not seem to have entered the Greek literary canon. In the twentieth century, the imagist poet H. D. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nossis has received more than 39,692 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Nossis is the 3,835th most popular writer (down from 3,540th in 2019), the 3,019th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,756th in 2019) and the 217th most popular Italian Writer.

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  • 49.13

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  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.82

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  • 2.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Nossis ranks 3,835 out of 5,755. Before her are Nicolas Bouvier, Mikheil Javakhishvili, Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen, Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi, Girolamo de Rada, and Alexey Troitsky. After her are Annemarie Selinko, Oskar Maria Graf, Kalhana, Minette Walters, Irakli Abashidze, and Maksim Tank.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Nossis ranks 3,019 out of 4,668. Before her are Francesco Sabatini (1721), Giuseppe Occhialini (1907), Esau de' Buondelmonti (1355), Domenico II Contarini (1585), Luigi Beccali (1907), and Girolamo de Rada (1814). After her are Caterina Caselli (1946), Amedeo Biavati (1915), Ardito Desio (1897), Honorius of Canterbury (550), Antonio Scarpa (1752), and Antonio Bertoloni (1775).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Nossis ranks 217. Before her are Marco Girolamo Vida (1485), Luigi Alamanni (1495), Ugo Betti (1892), Cecco Angiolieri (1260), Alessandro Tassoni (1565), and Girolamo de Rada (1814). After her are Lino Aldani (1926), Mario Rigoni Stern (1921), Leonidas of Tarentum (-320), Alfredo M. Bonanno (1937), Francesco Mario Pagano (1748), and Giuseppe Adami (1878).

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