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 207,732 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Roberto Calasso is the 3,220th 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

  • 210k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

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Criticism and interpretation, German literature, history and criticism, 20th century, Kafka, franz, 1883-1924
2002
The Book of All Books
Bible, criticism, interpretation, etc., Criticism, interpretation, RELIGION / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / General
2021
Tiepolo Pink
Tiepolo, giovanni battista, 1696-1770
1998
Nozze di Cadmo e Armonia
Fiction, Cadmus (Greek mythology), Harmonia (Greek mythology)
1993
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Fiction, Greek Mythology, Hindu Mythology
1996
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1998

Page views of Roberto Calassos by language

Over the past year Roberto Calasso has had the most page views in the with 28,524 views, followed by English (24,142), and Spanish (9,532). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Zazaki (82.27%), Simple English (70.80%), and Estonian (48.77%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Roberto Calasso ranks 3,220 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 252. 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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