WRITER

Roberto Calasso

1941 - 2021

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Roberto Calasso (30 May 1941 – 28 July 2021) was an Italian writer and publisher. Apart from his mother tongue, Calasso was fluent in French, English, Spanish, German, Latin and ancient Greek. He also studied Sanskrit. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roberto Calasso has received more than 248,069 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Roberto Calasso is the 3,221st most popular writer (down from 2,453rd in 2019), the 2,837th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,283rd in 2019) and the 190th most popular Italian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 250k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.82

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Roberto Calasso ranks 3,221 out of 7,302. Before him are Ephraim Chambers, André Aciman, Jerzy Giedroyc, Victoria Benedictsson, Pavlo Tychyna, and Hubert Selby Jr.. After him are Hilary Mantel, Kamalaśīla, Ford Madox Ford, Etgar Keret, Luo Yixiu, and Kader Abdolah.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Roberto Calasso ranks 253. Before him are Vladimir Lyakhov, Georges Heylens, Desmond Dekker, Anne Tyler, George Clinton, and George Pell. After him are Lynne Cheney, Sally Kirkland, Silvio Moser, Gregory Benford, Ignazio Giunti, and John Henry Schwarz. Among people deceased in 2021, Roberto Calasso ranks 240. Before him are Judith Reisman, Justo Gallego Martínez, Charles Geschke, Pachín, Ali Mahdi Muhammad, and Nino Vaccarella. After him are Yitzhak Arad, Yvon Douis, Carla Fracci, Ivan Patzaichin, Helmut Jahn, and Gunilla Bergström.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Roberto Calasso ranks 2,837 out of 5,161. Before him are Gian Piero Ventura (1948), Valerio Adami (1935), Luigi Ganna (1883), Giuseppe Abbati (1836), Obizzo II d'Este, Marquis of Ferrara (1247), and Vincenzo Camuccini (1771). After him are Lino Banfi (1936), Giovanni Soranzo (1240), Pietro Polani (1098), Sergio Sollima (1921), Inigo Campioni (1878), and Antonio Beccadelli (1394).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Roberto Calasso ranks 190. Before him are Salimbene di Adam (1221), Erri De Luca (1950), Mario Soldati (1906), Antonio Ghislanzoni (1824), Tiziano Terzani (1938), and Giovanni Battista Giraldi (1504). After him are Antonio Beccadelli (1394), Giosafat Barbaro (1413), Ennio Flaiano (1910), Julius Obsequens (400), Licinius Macer Calvus (-82), and Nossis (null).

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