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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 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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  • 15

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  • 4.26

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  • 2.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Oliver Friggieri ranks 5,891 out of 5,755Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Oliver Friggieri ranks 709Before 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 661Before 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.

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In Malta

Among people born in Malta, Oliver Friggieri ranks 38 out of 66Before 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).

Among WRITERS In Malta

Among writers born in Malta, Oliver Friggieri ranks 5Before him are Frans Sammut (1945), Dun Karm Psaila (1871), Anton Buttigieg (1912), and Joe Sacco (1960). After him are Peter Hitchens (1951).