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
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Italian author and poet (1313–1375)
| Born | 16 July 1313 |
| Died | 21 December 1375 |
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Giovanni Boccaccio
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Italian author and poet (1313–1375)
| Born | 16 July 1313 |
| Died | 21 December 1375 |
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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, fictionPlaces
Italy, Europe, Carthage, England, Europa, Florence (Italy), France, London, Milan, Naples, Troy (Extinct city), West MidlandsPeople
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 PerniconeTime
To 1400, To 1500, CIRCA 1346, Early works to 1800, 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
- Certaldese
- G. Boccaccio
- Giovanni Bocaccio
- Bojiaqiu
- Boccacio
- Boccace
- Bocaccio
- Giovanni Boccoccio
- Professor Giovanni Boccaccio
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- 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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