Author: Giovanni Boccaccio
Alternate names: Certaldese; G. Boccaccio; Giovanni Bocaccio; Bojiaqiu; Boccacio; Boccace; Bocaccio; Giovanni Boccoccio; Professor Giovanni Boccaccio; Джованни Боккаччо; Д. Боккаччо; Boccaccio Giovanni; Boccaccio, Giovanni; Giovanni 1313-1375 Boccaccio; Giovanni Battista Baldelli Boccaccio; Giovanni Boccace; Jean Bocace; J. Bocace; John Boccaccio; Boccaccio; Boccaccio John; Boccaccio, Jean; Jean Boccace; BOCCACE J; Boccacco Giovanni; Boccace Jean; Giovanni Boccacio "Boccace"
Born: 16 July 1313
Died: 21 December 1375
Bio: Giovanni Boccaccio was an Italian writer, poet, correspondent of Petrarch, and an important Renaissance humanist. Born in the town of Certaldo, he became so well known as a writer that he was sometimes simply known as "the Certaldese" and one of the most important figures in the European literary panorama of the fourteenth century.