Quick Facts About Giovanni Boccaccio
- Born
- June 16, 1313
- Died
- September 21, 1375
- Nationality
- Republic of Florence
- Profession
- Short Story Writer
- Notable works
- Decamerone
- Known for
- The Decameron, De mulieribus claris, Il Filostrato, Amorosa visione, Elegia di Madonna Fiammetta
About 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". He was one of the most important figures in the European literary panorama of the fourteenth century. Some scholars define him as the greatest European prose writer of his time, a versatile writer who amalgamated different literary trends and genres, making them converge in original works, thanks to a creative activity exercised under the banner of experimentalism.
Biography source:
Wikipedia
