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Giovanni Boccaccio

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.

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Italian author and poet (1313–1375)

Born 16 July 1313
Died 21 December 1375

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Italian author and poet (1313–1375)

Born 16 July 1313
Died 21 December 1375
Subjects
Early works to 1800, Translations into English, Biography, Classical Mythology, Medieval Geography, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), History, Poetry, Criticism and interpretation, Fiction, Italian literature, Italian poetry, Plague, Boccaccio, giovanni, 1313-1375, Facsimiles, Italian Authors, Italian Short stories, Italian literature, translations into english, Poetry (poetic works by one author), Women, Art de conter, Biography and criticism, English Short stories, English poetry, Europe, fiction
Places
Italy, Europe, Carthage, England, Europa, Florence (Italy), France, London, Milan, Naples, Troy (Extinct city), West Midlands
People
Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375), Geoffrey Chaucer (d. 1400), Alonso, Antonio, Ariel, Caliban, Ceres, Dante Alighieri (1265-1321,), Dietrich Wilhelm Soltau, Ferdinand, Giovanni Boccacio, Gonzalo, Iris, J. M. Rigg (1855-1926), Jesus Christ, Juno, Lionardo Bruni, Miranda, Prospero, Sebastian, Sycorax, Thomas Wright (1810-1877), Vincenzo Brusantino Conte, Vincenzo Pernicone
Time
To 1400, To 1500, CIRCA 1346, Early works to 1800, Middle English, 1100-1500, Middle ages, To 1700

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Alternative names

  • Certaldese
  • G. Boccaccio
  • Giovanni Bocaccio
  • Bojiaqiu
  • Boccacio
  • Boccace
  • Bocaccio
  • Giovanni Boccoccio
  • Professor Giovanni Boccaccio
  • Джованни Боккаччо
  • Д. Боккаччо
  • Boccaccio Giovanni
  • Boccaccio, Giovanni
  • Giovanni 1313-1375 Boccaccio
  • Giovanni Battista Baldelli Boccaccio
  • Giovanni Boccace
  • Jean Bocace
  • J. Bocace
  • John Boccaccio
  • Boccaccio
  • Boccaccio John
  • Boccaccio, Jean
  • Jean Boccace
  • BOCCACE J
  • Boccacco Giovanni
  • Boccace Jean
  • Giovanni Boccacio "Boccace"

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