WRITER

Odoric of Pordenone

1286 - 1331

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Odoric of Pordenone (c. 1280–14 January 1331) was a Franciscan friar and missionary explorer from Friuli in northeast Italy. He journeyed through India, Sumatra, Java, and China, where he spent three years in the imperial capital of Khanbaliq (now Beijing). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Odoric of Pordenone has received more than 209,227 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Odoric of Pordenone is the 1,206th most popular writer (down from 1,154th in 2019), the 1,321st most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,263rd in 2019) and the 93rd most popular Italian Writer.

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Notable Works

The Travels of Friar Odoric
2001

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Odoric of Pordenone ranks 1,206 out of 7,302. Before him are Dan Simmons, Alexander Kielland, Reinaldo Arenas, Ibn Khallikan, Roger Caillois, and Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy. After him are Ida Tarbell, Theodor Storm, Léo Taxil, Daniil Kharms, Alexander Ostrovsky, and Martha Gellhorn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1286, Odoric of Pordenone ranks 1. After him are Elizabeth Richeza of Poland, George V of Georgia, John III, Duke of Brittany, Ulrich III, Count of Württemberg, and James Douglas, Lord of Douglas. Among people deceased in 1331, Odoric of Pordenone ranks 4. Before him are Stefan Dečanski, Bernard Gui, and Abu'l-Fida. After him is Abu Sa'id Uthman II.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Odoric of Pordenone ranks 1,321 out of 5,161. Before him are Milo Manara (1945), Anna d'Este (1531), Dion of Syracuse (-409), Lucius Munatius Plancus (-87), Bernabò Visconti (1323), and Frederick of Naples (1451). After him are Aurelia Cotta (-120), Titus Quinctius Flamininus (-229), Rita Pavone (1945), Vittorino da Feltre (1378), Muzio Attendolo Sforza (1369), and Giovanni Ceva (1647).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Odoric of Pordenone ranks 93. Before him are Titus Pomponius Atticus (-110), Elsa Morante (1912), Gaius Valerius Flaccus (45), Cornelius Gallus (-69), Giovanni Papini (1881), and Francesco Maria Piave (1810). After him are Giovanni Verga (1840), Maurus Servius Honoratus (363), Boris Pahor (1913), Vittorio Alfieri (1749), Claudio Magris (1939), and Gaius Asinius Pollio (-76).

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