Writers in Rome
The atlas holds 67 people and 164 moments here, from 211 BC to 2025. The most recorded lives are James Joyce, Ovid and Jean-Paul Sartre.
Notable people
James Joyce
in 1906
1 moment here
Irish novelist, poet, and critic whose life moved between Dublin, continental Europe, and Switzerland.…
Ovid
in 8
1 moment here
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) was a Roman poet born at Sulmo. Educated in Rome, he later travelled in Greece, Asia Minor, and Sicily, though the…
Jean-Paul Sartre
in 1933
1 moment here
French philosopher, writer, and political activist associated with existentialism. His documented movements include education and teaching across…
Stephen Hawking
in 1981
1 moment here
English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author whose work on singularities, black-hole thermodynamics, and Hawking radiation reshaped modern…
Le Corbusier
in 1922
1 moment here
Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, known as Le Corbusier, was a Swiss-born French architect, designer, painter, writer, and urban planner.…
Mother Teresa
in 1983
1 moment here
Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, known as Mother Teresa or Saint Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian-Indian Catholic nun.…
Theodore Roosevelt
in 1870
1 moment here
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (1858–1919) was the 26th president of the United States, serving from 1901 to 1909.…
Jules Verne
in 1884
1 moment here
French novelist, playwright, and poet whose documented life included residences and work in Nantes, Paris, Amiens, Auteuil, and Le Crotoy, together…
Michael Faraday
in 1814
1 moment here
English chemist and physicist whose experimental work transformed the study of electromagnetism and electrochemistry.…
Arthur Schopenhauer
in 1819
1 moment here
German philosopher and writer, born in Danzig and dead in Frankfurt am Main. His documented movements included childhood residences in Hamburg and Le…
Helen Keller
in 1946
1 moment here
Helen Adams Keller was an American deafblind author, lecturer, disability-rights advocate, and political activist.…
Horace
in 8 BC
1 moment here
Quintus Horatius Flaccus, known as Horace, was a Roman lyric poet, satirist, and former republican military tribune.…
Plutarch
in 70
1 moment here
Greek Platonist philosopher, biographer, essayist, magistrate, and Delphic priest. He was born at Chaeronea between 45 and 47 CE and died after 119…
Desiderius Erasmus
in 1509
1 moment here
Dutch Renaissance humanist, Catholic priest, theologian, editor, and author. Erasmus was born in the Burgundian Netherlands, educated in the Low…
Giovanni Boccaccio
in 1367
1 moment here
Italian writer, poet, and humanist, best known for the Decameron. His documented life moved between Florence, Naples, Romagna, papal Avignon and…
Hannibal
in 211 BC
1 moment here
Hannibal Barca was a Carthaginian general and statesman best known for leading an army from Iberia across the Alps into Italy during the Second Punic…
Hadrian
in 118
1 moment here
Roman emperor from 117 to 138. Hadrian traveled extensively through the Roman Empire, inspecting frontiers and armies, intervening in provincial…
Carrie Fisher
in 2016
1 moment here
Carrie Frances Fisher was an American actress, writer, and public advocate, internationally known for playing Princess Leia in the Star Wars films.…
Paul Walker
in 2011
1 moment here
Paul William Walker IV was an American actor best known for playing Brian O'Conner in the Fast & Furious franchise.…
Moments
- 1787 Begins second Roman residence Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- 1814 Writing from Rome Michael Faraday
- 1817 Journey to Rome Lord Byron
- 1819 Winter stay in Rome Arthur Schopenhauer
- 1833 Arrives in Rome Hans Christian Andersen
- 1834 Returns to Rome for Easter Hans Christian Andersen
- 1840 Begins winter residence in Rome Hans Christian Andersen
- 1845 Enters Rome through Porta del Popolo Charles Dickens
- 1848 Visit to revolutionary Rome Giuseppe Verdi
- 1853 Visit for Il trovatore Giuseppe Verdi
- 1863 Visited Rome during the 1863 journey Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- 1870 Visit to Rome and meeting with Pius IX Theodore Roosevelt
- 1877 Audience with Pope Pius IX Oscar Wilde
- 1882 Appears in Rome Friedrich Nietzsche
- 1884 Private audience with Pope Leo XIII Jules Verne
- 1893 Falstaff premiere visit to Rome Giuseppe Verdi
- 1906 Arrival in Rome for bank work James Joyce
- 1917 Designs Parade in Rome Pablo Picasso
- 1922 Rome journey with Amédée Ozenfant Le Corbusier
- 1923 Visits Rome with Anna Freud Sigmund Freud
- 1924 First European journey: Italy Gabriela Mistral
- 1926 Meets Mussolini in Rome Rabindranath Tagore
- 1928 Work trip to Rome from Provence Gabriela Mistral
- 1929 Signing the Lateran Treaty Benito Mussolini
- 1931 Visits Vatican and meets Mussolini Mahatma Gandhi
- 1933 Summer journey in Italy Jean-Paul Sartre
- 1935 Declaration of war on Ethiopia Benito Mussolini
- 1936 Proclamation of the Italian Empire Benito Mussolini
- 1940 War declaration against Britain and France Benito Mussolini
- 1946 Postwar visit to Rome Helen Keller
- 1946 Studies at the Angelicum Pope John Paul II
- 1948 Travels to Rome Salvador Dalí
- 1949 Meets Pope Pius XII Salvador Dalí
- 1955 Film study in Rome Gabriel García Márquez
- 1962 Second Vatican Council participation Pope John Paul II
- 1963 Met Italian leaders in Rome John F. Kennedy
- 1963 Met Pope Paul VI John F. Kennedy
- 1967 Created cardinal Pope John Paul II
- 1977 Travel in Italy Jorge Luis Borges
- 1978 Election as Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II
- 1978 First public appearance as pope Pope John Paul II
- 1980 Audience with Pope John Paul II Jimmy Carter
- 1980 Rome and Venice visit Jimmy Carter
- 1981 Travel to Rome Jorge Luis Borges
- 1981 No-boundary presentation at Vatican conference Stephen Hawking
- 1981 Shot in St. Peter's Square Pope John Paul II
- 1982 Meets Pope John Paul II Ronald Reagan
- 1982 Visits Rome Ronald Reagan
- 1983 Hospitalized while visiting the Pope Mother Teresa
- 1983 Visit to Mehmet Ali Ağca in prison Pope John Paul II