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Giovanni Battista Giraldi

1504-11-30 – 1573-12-30

Portrait of Giovanni Battista Giraldi
Portrait of Giovanni Battista Giraldi Cinthio, bust, in profile, facing right, wearing a doublet; within a strapwork frame with a lettered cartouche; frontispiece to Cinthio's "Epitia" (Venice: Giulio Cesare Cagnacini, 1583) WoodcutCredit: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1875-0814-944

Life & Legacy

Giovanni Battista Giraldi (November 1504 – 30 December 1573) was an Italian novelist and poet. He appended the nickname Cinthio to his name and is commonly referred to by that name (which is also rendered as Cynthius, Cintio or, in Italian, Cinzio).

Occupation & Career

playwright, writer, novelist, poet, philosopher, teacher, private secretary

Education

University of Ferrara

Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications

Ercole; Orbecche; Hecatommithi

Legacy Highlights

Employer

University of Ferrara · University of Pavia · University of Turin

Notable Work

Ercole · Hecatommithi · Orbecche

Education & Institutions

University of Ferrara

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Sources & Provenance

  1. Wikidata population candidate Q724672 — wikidata View source

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