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Also Known As The Roach • Il Lasca • Leuciscus
Born March 22, 1503 • Florence • Italy
Died February 18, 1584 (aged 80) • Florence • Italy
Founder Crusca Academy
Notable Works “Le Cene”
Movement / Style bernesco
Luigi Pirandello
Luigi Pirandello
Italian author
Ariosto, woodcut after a drawing by Titian from the third edition of Orlando furioso, 1532.
Ludovico Ariosto
Italian author
Gabriele D'Annunzio
Gabriele D’Annunzio
Italian writer and political leader
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Cesare Pavese
Italian author
Dino Buzzati
Dino Buzzati
Italian author
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Pietro Aretino
Italian author
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Gian Giorgio Trissino
Italian writer
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Giambattista Giraldi
Italian poet and dramatist
Berni, detail of an oil painting, early 16th century; in a private collection
Francesco Berni
Italian poet and translator
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German author
Engraving of Miguel de Cervantes, shown with a mustache and beard, wearing a ruffled collar and cloak, based on works by Gregorio Ferro and Fernando Selma.
Miguel de Cervantes
Spanish writer
Ivan Turgenev
Ivan Turgenev
Russian author
Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde
Irish author
Gerhart Hauptmann
Gerhart Hauptmann
German writer
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Tibor Déry
Hungarian writer
Cankar, Ivan
Ivan Cankar
Slovene author
Mary Austin.
Mary Austin
American writer
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Ivan Vazov
Bulgarian author
Giovanni Boccaccio
Giovanni Boccaccio
Italian poet and scholar
Giordano Bruno
Giordano Bruno
Italian philosopher

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