WRITER

Pietro Aretino

1492 - 1556

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Pietro Aretino (US: , Italian: [ˈpjɛːtro areˈtiːno]; 19 or 20 April 1492 – 21 October 1556) was an Italian author, playwright, poet, satirist and blackmailer, who wielded influence on contemporary art and politics. He was one of the most influential writers of his time and an outspoken critic of the powerful. Owing to his communications and sympathies with religious reformers, he is considered to have been a Nicodemite Protestant. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pietro Aretino has received more than 439,233 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia. Pietro Aretino is the 400th most popular writer (down from 395th in 2019), the 523rd most popular biography from Italy (down from 511th in 2019) and the 34th most popular Italian Writer.

Pietro Aretino was a famous Italian poet, satirist, and author. He is most famous for his obscene poems and plays.

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  • 440k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 72.93

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Pietro Aretino ranks 400 out of 7,302. Before him are Ghalib, Sándor Petőfi, Erich von Däniken, O. Henry, Jacques Prévert, and Raymond Chandler. After him are Ismail Kadare, Ágota Kristóf, Edmondo De Amicis, Henning Mankell, Henry James, and Joseph Roth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1492, Pietro Aretino ranks 1. After him are Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino, Marguerite de Navarre, Juan Luis Vives, Bernal Díaz del Castillo, Andrea Alciato, Elizabeth Tudor, John II, Count Palatine of Simmern, Sabina of Bavaria, Saadet I Giray, Jean du Bellay, and Adam Ries. Among people deceased in 1556, Pietro Aretino ranks 4. Before him are Ignatius of Loyola, Fuzûlî, and Humayun. After him are Lorenzo Lotto, Thomas Cranmer, Martin Agricola, Frederick II, Elector Palatine, Maximus the Greek, Saitō Dōsan, Tullia d'Aragona, and Richard Chancellor.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Pietro Aretino ranks 523 out of 5,161. Before him are Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (1666), Giuseppe Peano (1858), Trebonianus Gallus (206), Alcide De Gasperi (1881), Alberto Ascari (1918), and Pope Stephen III (720). After him are Edmondo De Amicis (1846), Longinus (100), Pope-elect Stephen (700), Ambrogio Lorenzetti (1290), Pope Anterus (180), and Marcello Lippi (1948).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Pietro Aretino ranks 34. Before him are Christine de Pizan (1365), Ennius (-239), Grazia Deledda (1871), Theocritus (-315), Cornelius Nepos (-100), and Elena Ferrante (1943). After him are Edmondo De Amicis (1846), Giacomo Leopardi (1798), Propertius (-50), Fausto Cercignani (1941), Salvatore Quasimodo (1901), and Tibullus (-50).

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