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All-time leader96.7William Shakespeare
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Leo Tolstoy

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2nd88.5 · mom 17

William Shakespeare

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1st96.7 · mom 11

Homer

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3rd87.2 · mom 10
William Shakespeare leads this board.

All-time score 96.7, ahead of Leo Tolstoy by 8.3.

Chasing the podium
  1. 4thDante AlighieriWriters86.9
  2. 5thVictor HugoWriters86.4
  3. 6thVoltaireWriters84.7
  4. 7thMiguel de CervantesWriters83.6
  5. 8thCharles DickensWriters83.5
  6. 9thAlexander PushkinWriters83.1
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10th, fallingVirgilWriters · 70 BC-19 BCItalyItalyWriters82.6mom 111th, stableFyodor DostoevskyWriters · 1821-1881Writers82.3mom 012th, stableMark TwainWriters · 1835-1910United StatesUnited StatesWriters82.0mom 113th, stableAnton ChekhovWriters · 1860-1904Writers81.8mom 214th, stableHans Christian AndersenWriters · 1805-1875Writers80.0mom 1615th, stableMolièreWriters · 1622-1673FranceFranceWriters79.9mom 416th, stableFranz KafkaWriters · 1883-1924Writers79.6mom 217th, stableLord ByronWriters · 1788-1824United KingdomUnited KingdomWriters78.8mom 418th, stableSophoclesWriters · 496 BC-406 BCWriters77.9mom 319th, stableJohann Wolfgang von GoetheWriters · 1749-1832Writers77.7mom 1220th, stableSigmund FreudWriters · 1856-1939AustriaAustriaWriters77.6mom 221st, stableOscar WildeWriters · 1854-1900United KingdomUnited KingdomWriters77.3mom 12

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Alberto Moravia

Italian writer and journalist (1907-1990)

Pedro Calderón de la Barca

Spanish dramatist (1600-1681)

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