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Vitsentzos Kornaros

1553 - 1616

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Vitsentzos or Vikentios Kornaros (Greek: Βιτσέντζος or Βικέντιος Κορνάρος) or Vincenzo Cornaro (March 29, 1553 – 1613/1614) was a Cretan poet of Venetian origin, who wrote the romantic epic poem Erotokritos. He wrote in vernacular Cretan dialect (Cretan Greek), and was a leading figure of the Cretan School. Vitsentzos Kornaros is considered to be the greatest of all the Cretan poets and one of the most significant and influential figures in the entire course of Greek poetry. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vitsentzos Kornaros has received more than 64,900 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Vitsentzos Kornaros is the 3,890th most popular writer (down from 3,648th in 2019), the 639th most popular biography from Greece (down from 608th in 2019) and the 75th most popular Greek Writer.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 3.27

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Vitsentzos Kornaros ranks 3,890 out of 7,302. Before him are Dušan Kovačević, Hjalmar Bergman, Cassandra Clare, Peter Bichsel, Thomas Murner, and Lydia Davis. After him are Christian Gotthilf Salzmann, Simin Daneshvar, Mikheil Javakhishvili, Mahadev Desai, Ceija Stojka, and Michael Blake.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1553, Vitsentzos Kornaros ranks 14. Before him are Marie of Cleves, Princess of Condé, Francisco Gómez de Sandoval, 1st Duke of Lerma, Prospero Alpini, Nicolò Contarini, John Florio, and Magdalene of Jülich-Cleves-Berg.  Among people deceased in 1616, Vitsentzos Kornaros ranks 19. Before him are Johannes Fabricius, Kuzma Minin, Tang Xianzu, Cornelis Ketel, Matthias de l'Obel, and Francis Beaumont. After him are Richard Hakluyt, and Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Vitsentzos Kornaros ranks 639 out of 1,024. Before him are Gina Bachauer (1913), Crates (-350), Ioannis Grivas (1923), Eurycrates (null), Eurymedon (-450), and Tilemachos Karakalos (1866). After him are Katherine Karađorđević (1943), Angelos Charisteas (1980), Germanos III of Old Patras (1771), Anaxander (-650), Dimitrios Voulgaris (1803), and Pantelis Karasevdas (1876).

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Among WRITERS In Greece

Among writers born in Greece, Vitsentzos Kornaros ranks 75. Before him are Solomon Alkabetz (1505), Onomacritus (-530), Angelos Sikelianos (1884), Lesches (-700), Philoxenus of Cythera (-435), and Crates (-350). After him are Matilde Serao (1856), Vassilis Alexakis (1943), Sotades (-400), Pherecrates (-450), Kostas Karyotakis (1896), and Lucius Shepard (1943).

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