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Veronica Franco

1546 - 1591

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Veronica Franco (c. 1546–1591) was an Italian poet and courtesan in 16th-century Venice. She is known for her notable clientele, feminist advocacy, literary contributions, and philanthropy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Veronica Franco has received more than 864,599 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Veronica Franco is the 714th most popular writer (up from 1,015th in 2019), the 868th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,152nd in 2019) and the 60th most popular Italian Writer.

Veronica Franco was an Italian courtesan and writer who was most famous for her memoirs.

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  • 860k

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  • 69.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Veronica Franco ranks 714 out of 7,302. Before her are Agathias, Oliver Sacks, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, Ivan Krylov, Nonnus, and Dalton Trumbo. After her are Alain-René Lesage, Milorad Pavić, Alfred de Vigny, Emilio Salgari, Julius Fučík, and Geoffrey of Monmouth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1546, Veronica Franco ranks 3. Before her are Murad III, and Tycho Brahe. After her are Joachim Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg, Bartholomeus Spranger, Heo Jun, Takeda Katsuyori, Dorothea of Denmark, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Charlotte of Bourbon, Johann Fischart, and Thomas Digges. Among people deceased in 1591, Veronica Franco ranks 6. Before her are Pope Innocent IX, Pope Gregory XIV, John of the Cross, Aloysius Gonzaga, and Vincenzo Galilei. After her are Dmitry of Uglich, Sen no Rikyū, Christian I, Elector of Saxony, Jacobus Gallus, Jost Amman, and Luis de León.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Veronica Franco ranks 868 out of 5,161. Before her are Tarcisio Bertone (1934), Francesca Caccini (1587), Scholastica (480), Pupienus (170), Luciano Berio (1925), and Francesco Hayez (1791). After her are Lentulus Batiatus (-200), Giorgio Morandi (1890), Julius Caesar Scaliger (1484), Alessandro Del Piero (1974), Francesco Guicciardini (1483), and Emilio Salgari (1862).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Veronica Franco ranks 60. Before her are Giosuè Carducci (1835), Pietro Metastasio (1698), Giambattista Basile (1566), Carlo Gozzi (1720), Francesca da Rimini (1259), and Andrea Camilleri (1925). After her are Emilio Salgari (1862), Theognis of Megara (-570), Epicharmus of Kos (-524), Antonio Tabucchi (1943), Natalia Ginzburg (1916), and Arrigo Boito (1842).

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