Writers in Turin

The atlas holds 10 people and 12 moments here, from 1506 to 1936. The most recorded lives are Friedrich Nietzsche, Fyodor Dostoyevsky and Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

Notable people

  1. Friedrich Nietzsche

    from 1888 to 1889

    3 moments here

    German philosopher, classical philologist, cultural critic, poet, and author. Born in Röcken, Nietzsche was educated at Schulpforta and Leipzig,…

  2. Fyodor Dostoyevsky

    in 1862

    1 moment here

    Russian novelist, journalist, essayist, and former military engineer whose life moved between Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Siberian imprisonment and…

  3. Jean-Jacques Rousseau

    in 1728

    1 moment here

    Genevan philosopher, writer, composer, and a major figure of the European Enlightenment. Rousseau’s documented movements ranged across Geneva, Savoy,…

  4. Thomas Jefferson

    in 1787

    1 moment here

    Thomas Jefferson was an American lawyer, Virginia political leader, diplomat, secretary of state, vice president, and third president of the United…

  5. Le Corbusier

    in 1936

    1 moment here

    Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, known as Le Corbusier, was a Swiss-born French architect, designer, painter, writer, and urban planner.…

  6. Giuseppe Verdi

    in 1859

    1 moment here

    Italian composer whose career transformed nineteenth-century opera. Born near Busseto, Verdi studied and worked in Busseto and Milan, then traveled…

  7. Honoré de Balzac

    in 1836

    1 moment here

    French novelist and playwright, born in Tours and dead in Paris. Balzac created La Comédie humaine, an interlinked fictional panorama of…

  8. Montesquieu

    in 1728

    1 moment here

    Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu, was a French jurist, historian, and political philosopher.…

  9. Desiderius Erasmus

    in 1506

    1 moment here

    Dutch Renaissance humanist, Catholic priest, theologian, editor, and author. Erasmus was born in the Burgundian Netherlands, educated in the Low…

  10. François Rabelais

    in 1540

    1 moment here

    French Renaissance writer, physician, humanist, and Catholic priest. His birth date is disputed, with scholarship placing it between 1483 and 1494;…

Moments

  1. 1506 Doctorate at Turin Desiderius Erasmus
  2. 1540 Residence in Turin François Rabelais
  3. 1728 Catholic baptism in Turin Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  4. 1728 Audience in Turin Montesquieu
  5. 1787 Visited Turin during European tour Thomas Jefferson
  6. 1836 Italian mission to Turin Honoré de Balzac
  7. 1859 Political delegation in Turin Giuseppe Verdi
  8. 1862 Traveled through Turin Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  9. 1888 First major Turin residence Friedrich Nietzsche
  10. 1888 Returns for final Turin stay Friedrich Nietzsche
  11. 1889 Collapses at Piazza Carlo Alberto Friedrich Nietzsche
  12. 1936 Lingotto factory visit Le Corbusier

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