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Oliver Friggieri

1947 - 2020

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Oliver Friggieri (27 March 1947 – 21 November 2020) was a Maltese poet, novelist, literary critic, and philosopher. He led the establishment of literary history and criticism in Maltese while teaching at the University of Malta, studying the works of Dun Karm, Rużar Briffa, and others. A prolific writer himself, Friggieri explored new genres to advocate the Maltese language, writing the libretti for the first oratorio and the first cantata in Maltese. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Oliver Friggieri has received more than 49,561 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Oliver Friggieri is the 6,462nd most popular writer (down from 5,869th in 2019), the 43rd most popular biography from Malta (down from 38th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Maltese Writer.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Oliver Friggieri ranks 6,462 out of 7,302. Before him are Saunders Lewis, Denis Johnson, Rahat Indori, Stanislava Staša Zajović, Brené Brown, and Amy Sherman-Palladino. After him are Alberto Angela, Hanan al-Shaykh, David Seidler, Carmen Posadas, Ellen Glasgow, and Peter Pišťanek.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Oliver Friggieri ranks 803. Before him are Táňa Fischerová, Hubert Ingraham, Tierno Monénembo, Peter Persidis, P. A. Sangma, and Dieter Riedel. After him are Nicole Bricq, Tom Daschle, Eva Ström, Steve Khan, Philippe Vorbe, and Lolo Matalasi Moliga. Among people deceased in 2020, Oliver Friggieri ranks 735. Before him are Narinder Singh Kapany, Arnold Wolfendale, Roger Saint-Vil, John Davies, Magdaleno Mercado, and Rahat Indori. After him are Alan Merrill, Jan Halvarsson, Charley Pride, Gerhard Strack, Louis Meznarie, and Paul Nihill.

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In Malta

Among people born in Malta, Oliver Friggieri ranks 43 out of 71. Before him are Enrico Mizzi (1885), Joseph Calleia (1897), Paul Cremona (1946), Saint-George Ashe (1871), Emma Heming Willis (1978), and Peter Hitchens (1951). After him are Paul Boffa (1890), Chiara Siracusa (1976), Joe Borg (1952), Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici (1933), George Borg Olivier (1911), and David Millar (1977).

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Among WRITERS In Malta

Among writers born in Malta, Oliver Friggieri ranks 6. Before him are Frans Sammut (1945), Dun Karm Psaila (1871), Anton Buttigieg (1912), Joe Sacco (1960), and Peter Hitchens (1951). After him are Mabel Strickland (1899).

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