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Giovanni Boccaccio (UK: / b ə ˈ k æ tʃ i oʊ /, US: / b oʊ ˈ k ɑː tʃ (i) oʊ, b ə-/, Italian: [dʒoˈvanni bokˈkattʃo]; 16 June 1313 – 21 December 1375) was an Italian writer, poet, correspondent of Petrarch, and an important Renaissance humanist.
Giovanni Boccaccio was an Italian poet and scholar, best remembered as the author of the earthy tales in the Decameron. With Petrarch he laid the foundations for the humanism of the Renaissance and raised vernacular literature to the level and status of the classics of antiquity.
Oct 29, 2020 · Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375) was an Italian poet, writer, and scholar. His most famous and influential work is the Decameron, completed by 1353, in which his ten characters present 100 tales of everyday life.
- Mark Cartwright
As the scion (however illegitimate) of a prominent and prosperous citizen of Florence, Giovanni receives a sound education: by age six, he is taught to read and write, entrusted to a private tutor, Giovanni di Domenico Mazzuoli da Strada; our Giovanni also learns to spell from the children's psalm-book and already as a child, like his own ...
Jun 27, 2017 · A comprehensive overview of the life and works of Giovanni Boccaccio, one of the Three Crowns of Italian literature. Learn about his biography, his influence, his genres, and his critical editions in Italian and English.
Giovanni Boccaccio ( Certaldo o forse Firenze, giugno o luglio 1313 [1] – Certaldo, 21 dicembre 1375 [2] [3] [4]) è stato uno scrittore e poeta italiano . Conosciuto anche come "il Certaldese" [5], fu una delle figure più importanti nel panorama letterario europeo del XIV secolo [6].
Giovanni Boccaccio ( UK: / bəˈkætʃioʊ /, US: / boʊˈkɑːtʃ ( i) oʊ, bə -/, Italian: [ dʒoˈvanni bokˈkattʃo]; 16 June 1313 – 21 December 1375) was an Italian writer, poet, correspondent of Petrarch, and an important Renaissance humanist.
