1947 - 2020
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 46,529 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Oliver Friggieri is the 5,891st most popular writer, the 38th most popular biography from Malta and the 5th most popular Maltese Writer.
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Among writers, Oliver Friggieri ranks 5,891 out of 5,755. Before him are Nathaniel Parker Willis, Juan Gabriel Vásquez, Ruth Graham, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Monika Fagerholm, and August Wilson. After him are Rami Saari, Frances Harper, Miquel-Lluís Muntané, Joan Carreras i Goicoechea, Richard Lovelace, and Marc Connelly.
1806 - 1867
HPI: 39.16
Rank: 5,885
1973 - Present
HPI: 39.15
Rank: 5,886
1920 - 2007
HPI: 39.15
Rank: 5,887
1943 - Present
HPI: 39.14
Rank: 5,888
1961 - Present
HPI: 39.14
Rank: 5,889
1945 - 2005
HPI: 39.12
Rank: 5,890
1947 - 2020
HPI: 39.11
Rank: 5,891
1963 - Present
HPI: 39.11
Rank: 5,892
1825 - 1911
HPI: 39.10
Rank: 5,893
1956 - Present
HPI: 39.08
Rank: 5,894
1962 - Present
HPI: 39.05
Rank: 5,895
1617 - 1658
HPI: 39.02
Rank: 5,896
1890 - 1980
HPI: 39.01
Rank: 5,897
Among people born in 1947, Oliver Friggieri ranks 709. Before him are Martyn Poliakoff, Christian Pollas, Ivan Zafirov, Bruce Golding, John Bruton, and Gilles Duceppe. After him are Carry Geijssen, Ronnie Montrose, James K. Morrow, Carole Bayer Sager, Dieter Riedel, and P. J. O'Rourke. Among people deceased in 2020, Oliver Friggieri ranks 661. Before him are Derek Fowlds, Emmanuel Issoze-Ngondet, Liang Wudong, MF Doom, Annie Ross, and Alberto Alesina. After him are Ernesto Canto, Géza Szőcs, Saroj Khan, Alexander Vedernikov, Fatemeh Rahbar, and Pop Smoke.
1947 - Present
HPI: 39.35
Rank: 703
1947 - Present
HPI: 39.33
Rank: 704
1947 - Present
HPI: 39.28
Rank: 705
1947 - Present
HPI: 39.28
Rank: 706
1947 - 2024
HPI: 39.21
Rank: 707
1947 - Present
HPI: 39.13
Rank: 708
1947 - 2020
HPI: 39.11
Rank: 709
1947 - Present
HPI: 39.04
Rank: 710
1947 - 2012
HPI: 39.00
Rank: 711
1947 - Present
HPI: 38.98
Rank: 712
1947 - Present
HPI: 38.88
Rank: 713
1947 - Present
HPI: 38.86
Rank: 714
1947 - 2022
HPI: 38.81
Rank: 715
1937 - 2020
HPI: 39.49
Rank: 655
1961 - 2020
HPI: 39.38
Rank: 656
1959 - 2020
HPI: 39.34
Rank: 657
1971 - 2020
HPI: 39.27
Rank: 658
1930 - 2020
HPI: 39.23
Rank: 659
1957 - 2020
HPI: 39.15
Rank: 660
1947 - 2020
HPI: 39.11
Rank: 661
1959 - 2020
HPI: 39.10
Rank: 662
1953 - 2020
HPI: 39.10
Rank: 663
1948 - 2020
HPI: 38.65
Rank: 664
1964 - 2020
HPI: 38.61
Rank: 665
1964 - 2020
HPI: 38.45
Rank: 666
1999 - 2020
HPI: 38.38
Rank: 667
Among people born in Malta, Oliver Friggieri ranks 38 out of 66. Before him are Albert Hyzler (1916), Joe Sacco (1960), Karmenu Vella (1950), Alfred Sant (1948), Joseph Calleia (1897), and Emma Heming Willis (1978). After him are Maria de Dominici (1645), Carmel Busuttil (1964), George Borg Olivier (1911), Chiara Siracusa (1976), Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici (1933), and Peter Hitchens (1951).
1916 - 1993
HPI: 43.58
Rank: 32
1960 - Present
HPI: 43.38
Rank: 33
1950 - Present
HPI: 43.30
Rank: 34
1948 - Present
HPI: 41.14
Rank: 35
1897 - 1975
HPI: 41.06
Rank: 36
1978 - Present
HPI: 39.32
Rank: 37
1947 - 2020
HPI: 39.11
Rank: 38
1645 - 1703
HPI: 38.72
Rank: 39
1964 - Present
HPI: 38.03
Rank: 40
1911 - 1980
HPI: 37.02
Rank: 41
1976 - Present
HPI: 36.21
Rank: 42
1933 - 2022
HPI: 36.17
Rank: 43
1951 - Present
HPI: 35.66
Rank: 44
Among writers born in Malta, Oliver Friggieri ranks 5. Before him are Frans Sammut (1945), Dun Karm Psaila (1871), Anton Buttigieg (1912), and Joe Sacco (1960). After him are Peter Hitchens (1951).
1945 - 2011
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 1
1871 - 1961
HPI: 46.99
Rank: 2
1912 - 1983
HPI: 46.00
Rank: 3
1960 - Present
HPI: 43.38
Rank: 4
1947 - 2020
HPI: 39.11
Rank: 5
1951 - Present
HPI: 35.66
Rank: 6