Giovanni Boccaccio

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Giovanni Boccaccio was a 14th-century Italian writer and scholar best known for his influential collection of novellas "The Decameron" and his role in shaping early Renaissance literature and humanist thought.

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associatedWith Dante Alighieri ⓘ
Francesco Petrarca ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Republic of Florence ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1313 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1375-12-21 ⓘ
describedAs one of the three crowns of Italian literature ⓘ
educatedAt Naples ⓘ
era 14th century ⓘ
Italian Trecento ⓘ
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ethnicGroup Italian ⓘ
familyName Boccaccio ⓘ
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genre biography ⓘ
mythography ⓘ
novella ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
prose ⓘ
givenName Giovanni ⓘ
influenced European novella tradition ⓘ
Geoffrey Chaucer ⓘ
Renaissance literature ⓘ
influencedBy Dante Alighieri ⓘ
Petrarch ⓘ
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early Renaissance humanism ⓘ
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name Giovanni Boccaccio ⓘ
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notableWork Amorosa visione ⓘ
De casibus virorum illustrium ⓘ
De mulieribus claris ⓘ
Decameron ⓘ
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Genealogia deorum gentilium ⓘ
Genealogy of the Pagan Gods ⓘ
Il Filocolo ⓘ
Il Filostrato ⓘ
Ninfale d’Ameto ⓘ
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Ninfale fiesolano ⓘ
On Famous Women ⓘ
On the Fates of Famous Men ⓘ
Teseida delle nozze d’Emilia ⓘ
The Decameron ⓘ
Trattatello in laude di Dante ⓘ
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scholar ⓘ
writer ⓘ
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near Florence ⓘ
placeOfDeath Certaldo ⓘ
religion Catholicism ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
workLocation Florence ⓘ
Naples ⓘ

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