Giovanni Boccaccio was an Italian writer, poet, correspondent of Petrarch, and an important Renaissance humanist. Born in the town of Certaldo, he became so well known as a writer that he was sometimes simply known as "the Certaldese" and one of the most important figures in the European literary panorama of the fourteenth century.
Giovanni Boccaccio
×CloseItalian author and poet (1313–1375)
Born | 16 July 1313 |
Died | 21 December 1375 |
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Giovanni Boccaccio
×CloseItalian author and poet (1313–1375)
Born | 16 July 1313 |
Died | 21 December 1375 |
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Biography, Women, Early works to 1800, Classical Mythology, Poetry, History, Italian literature, Translations into English, Medieval Geography, Fiction, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), Criticism and interpretation, Plague, Italian poetry, Kings and rulers, Love, Italian fiction, Translations into German, Boccaccio, giovanni, 1313-1375, Italian Authors, Italian Romances, Romance literature, Storytelling, Bibliography, Country lifePlaces
Europe, Italy, Blasket Islands, Carthage, Chicago, England, Europa, Florence, Florence (Italy), France, Illinois, Ireland, London, Milan, Naples, Troy (Extinct city), West MidlandsPeople
Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375), Dante Alighieri (1265-1321,), Geoffrey Chaucer (d. 1400), Livy, Vincenzo Brusantino Conte, Alonso, Antonio, Ariel, Caliban, Ceres, Checco Di Meletto Rossi (1320-1363), Dietrich Wilhelm Soltau, Ferdinand, Francesco Petrarca (1304-1374), Giovanni Antonio Tuzio, Giovanni Boccacio, Gonzalo, Iris, Italian Authors, J. M. Rigg (1855-1926), Jesus Christ, Juno, Lionardo Bruni, MirandaTime
14th century, 15th century, To 1500, To 1400, 16th century, CIRCA 1346, Early works to 1800, Middle Ages, 500-1500, Middle English, 1100-1500, Middle ages, To 1700ID Numbers
- OLID: OL2055261A
- ISNI: 0000000121018590
- VIAF: 64002165
- Wikidata: Q1402
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q1402
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Alternative names
- G. Boccaccio
- Giovanni Bocaccio
- Bojiaqiu
- Boccacio
- Boccace
- Bocaccio
- Giovanni Boccoccio
- Professor Giovanni Boccaccio
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