Biography of giovanni boccaccio dekameron

Italian author and poet (1313–1375)

"Boccaccio" redirects here. For other uses, see Boccaccio (disambiguation).

Giovanni Boccaccio (bə-KATCH-ee-oh, boh-KAH-ch(ee)oh, bə-; Italian:[dʒoˈvannibokˈkattʃo]; 16 June 1313 – 21 December 1375) was an Italian writer, poet, correspondent of Petrarch, and an important Renaissance humanist.

Biography of giovanni boccaccio dekameron

Born in the town of Certaldo, he became so well known as a writer that he was sometimes simply known as "the Certaldese"^[2] and one of the most important figures in the European literary panorama of the fourteenth century.

Some scholars (including Vittore Branca) 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.

His most notable works are The Decameron, a collection of short stories, and On Famous Wo