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Rustichello da Pisa

1290 - 1400

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Rustichello da Pisa, also known as Rusticiano (fl. late 13th century), was an Italian romance writer in Franco-Italian language. He is best known for co-writing Marco Polo's autobiography, The Travels of Marco Polo, while they were in prison together in Genoa. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rustichello da Pisa has received more than 160,433 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Rustichello da Pisa is the 892nd most popular writer (down from 890th in 2019), the 1,044th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,001st in 2019) and the 75th most popular Italian Writer.

Rustichello da Pisa is most famous for his book "The Travels of Marco Polo" which he wrote in 1298.

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  • 160k

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  • 61.82

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  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.13

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Rustichello da Pisa ranks 892 out of 5,755. Before him are Abraham Abulafia, Wilkie Collins, Jacques Clément, Georg Brandes, Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, and Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse. After him are Bertran de Born, Publilius Syrus, John Updike, B. Traven, Jean de La Bruyère, and Stefan George.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1290, Rustichello da Pisa ranks 6. Before him are Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Margaret of Burgundy, Queen of France, Andrea Pisano, Muhammad bin Tughluq, and Leopold I, Duke of Austria. After him are Taddeo Gaddi, Gajah Mada, John Parricida, Bernardo Daddi, Barlaam of Seminara, and Beatrice of Silesia. Among people deceased in 1400, Rustichello da Pisa ranks 4. Before him are Richard II of England, Geoffrey Chaucer, and Luo Guanzhong. After him are Masamune, Baldus de Ubaldis, Dragoș, Voivode of Moldavia, Atlantic voyage of the predecessor of Mansa Musa, André Beauneveu, Peter of Dusburg, Antonio Venier, and Baude Cordier.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Rustichello da Pisa ranks 1,044 out of 4,668. Before him are Ettore Scola (1931), Riccardo Giacconi (1931), Alessandro Moreschi (1858), Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt (1668), Antipope Boniface VII (1000), and Daniela Bianchi (1942). After him are Pietro Cavallini (1240), Frank Costello (1891), Angela of Foligno (1248), Olympia Mancini, Countess of Soissons (1638), Publius Cornelius Dolabella (-70), and Charles Felix of Sardinia (1765).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Rustichello da Pisa ranks 75. Before him are Stesichorus (-630), Antonio Tabucchi (1943), Valerius Maximus (-100), Ibycus (-600), Gerard of Cremona (1114), and Gaius Lucilius (-180). After him are Quintus Tullius Cicero (-102), Gnaeus Naevius (-275), Vittoria Colonna (1490), Persius (34), Lucius Accius (-170), and Elsa Morante (1912).

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