Giovanni Boccaccio was an Italian novelist, humanist, and founder of the Renaissance born in 1313 in Paris. He moved to Florence as a child for school and later pursued a career in literature after giving up his father's business. His most famous work, The Decameron, published in 1350, was a collection of over 100 prose tales that heavily influenced later European literature. Boccaccio is regarded as a pioneer of realism in literature for his realistic characterization of everyday people and settings rather than traditional religious heroes.
Giovanni Boccaccio was an Italian novelist, humanist, and founder of the Renaissance born in 1313 in Paris. He moved to Florence as a child for school and later pursued a career in literature after giving up his father's business. His most famous work, The Decameron, published in 1350, was a collection of over 100 prose tales that heavily influenced later European literature. Boccaccio is regarded as a pioneer of realism in literature for his realistic characterization of everyday people and settings rather than traditional religious heroes.
2. Giovanni Boccaccio è stato uno
fra i maggiori narratori italiani e
europei del XIV secolo: con il suo
Decameron, che venne subito
tradotto in molte lingue, diviene
infatti conosciuto ed apprezzato a
livello europeo, tanto da influire
anche nella letteratura inglese. È
considerato il maggiore narratore
europeo e ha avuto un ruolo
egemone nel panorama letterario
del XIV secolo.
3. Data di nascita: 16 giugno 1313 (Certaldo)
Data di morte: 21 dicembre 1375 (Certaldo)
Genitori: Boccaccino di Chellino
Coniuge: Margherita di Gian Donato de’ Martoli
4. Le opere di Giovanni:
A: Amorosa visione
C: Caccia di Diana, commedia delle ninfe fiorentine,
il Corbaccio
E: Elegia di Madonna Fiammetta
F: Filocolo, Filostrato
G:
Genealogie deorum gentilium
N:
Ninfale fiesiolano
T:
Teseida
Amorosa visione
Teseida
