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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Biography, Women, Early works to 1800, History, Italian literature, Poetry, Classical Mythology, Medieval Geography, Translations into English, Fiction, Plague, Criticism and interpretation, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), Italian Authors, Kings and rulers, Storytelling, Italian fiction, Italian poetry, Love, Romance literature, Translations into German, Bibliography, Facsimiles, Boccaccio, giovanni, 1313-1375, CorrespondencePlaces
Europe, Italy, Florence, Blasket Islands, Carthage, Chicago, England, Europa, Florence (Italy), France, Great Britain, Illinois, Ireland, London, Milan, Naples, Rome, Troy (Extinct city), West MidlandsPeople
Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375), Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), Dante Alighieri (1265-1321,), Geoffrey Chaucer (d. 1400), Livy, Vincenzo Brusantino Conte, Alonso, Antonio, Ariel, Caliban, Ceres, Checco Di Meletto Rossi (1320-1363), Dido (Legendary character), Dietrich Wilhelm Soltau, Ferdinand, Francesco Petrarca (1304-1374), George Washington (1732-1799), Giovanni Antonio Tuzio, Giovanni Boccacio, Gonzalo, Iris, Italian Authors, J. M. Rigg (1855-1926), Jan Šmerhovský, Jesus ChristTime
14th century, To 1500, To 1400, 15th century, 16th century, 1538, CIRCA 1346, Early works to 1800, Middle Ages, 500-1500, Middle English, 1100-1500, Middle ages, Republic, 265 B.C.-30 B.C., To 1700, To 510 B.C.ID Numbers
- OLID: OL2055261A
- BookBrainz: 9ec1d672-b759-45f1-8785-8dd9aea5bb30
- GoodReads: 29227
- ISNI: 0000000121018590
- IMDb: nm0090504
- Library of Congress Names: n78087605
- LibriVox: 3201
- MusicBrainz: 2c9491c4-b842-4ff6-bb86-97fdf2d435f0
- Project Gutenberg: 1279
- SBN/ICCU (National Library Service of Italy): CFIV008443
- 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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