Biography
Giovanni Boccaccio was an Italian writer, poet, correspondent of Petrarch, and an important Renaissance humanist. Boccaccio wrote a number of notable ...read more
Giovanni Boccaccio was an Italian writer, poet, correspondent of Petrarch, and an important Renaissance humanist. Boccaccio wrote a number of notable works, including "The Decameron" and "On Famous Women". He wrote his imaginative literature mostly in Tuscan vernacular, as well as other works in Latin, and is particularly noted for his realistic dialogue which differed from that of his contemporar...read more
Department
Writing
Birthday
1313-06-16
Place of Birth
Certaldo, Republic of Florence
Also Known As
[ "Boccace", "Jean Boccace", "il Certaldese" ]
AWARDS
LEGAL
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