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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, who wrote the romantic epic poem Erotokritos. He wrote in vernacular Cretan dialect (Cretan Greek), and was a leading figure of the Cretan Renaissance. 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 59,227 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Vitsentzos Kornaros is the 3,661st most popular writer (down from 3,237th in 2019), the 609th most popular biography from Greece (down from 556th in 2019) and the 73rd most popular Greek Writer.

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  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.19

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.22

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Vitsentzos Kornaros ranks 3,661 out of 5,755. Before him are José Emilio Pacheco, Bernardo Guimarães, Abraham Goldfaden, Wilhelm Küchelbecker, Cristina Trivulzio Belgiojoso, and Amir Hamzah. After him are Helena Roerich, Kurd Lasswitz, Tevfik Fikret, Gloria Fuertes, Fumiko Enchi, and Mouloud Mammeri.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1553, Vitsentzos Kornaros ranks 11. Before him are Louise of Lorraine, Patriarch Filaret of Moscow, Luca Marenzio, Francisco Gómez de Sandoval, 1st Duke of Lerma, Prospero Alpini, and Nicolò Contarini. After him is John Florio. Among people deceased in 1616, Vitsentzos Kornaros ranks 17. Before him are Magdalene of Brandenburg, Johannes Fabricius, Kuzma Minin, Agnes Hedwig of Anhalt, Tang Xianzu, and Matthias de l'Obel. After him are Francis Beaumont and Richard Hakluyt.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Vitsentzos Kornaros ranks 609 out of 936. Before him are Lesches (-700), Dimitrios Voulgaris (1803), Nikolaos Trikoupis (1868), Konstantinos Logothetopoulos (1878), Leo Allatius (1586), and Cahit Arf (1910). After him are Markos Vamvakaris (1905), Ioannis Grivas (1923), Petros Persakis (1879), Angelos Charisteas (1980), Onomacritus (-530), and Demophon of Eleusis (null).

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Among WRITERS In Greece

Among writers born in Greece, Vitsentzos Kornaros ranks 73. Before him are Theodor Kallifatides (1938), Alberto Savinio (1891), Myrtis of Anthedon (-500), Angelos Sikelianos (1884), Philoxenus of Cythera (-435), and Lesches (-700). After him are Onomacritus (-530), Vassilis Alexakis (1943), Matilde Serao (1856), Pherecrates (-450), Kostas Karyotakis (1896), and Philaenis (-250).

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