Giovanni Boccaccio

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Renaissance humanist human humanist medieval author novelist poet scholar short story writer writer

Giovanni Boccaccio was a 14th-century Italian writer and scholar best known for his influential collection of novellas "The Decameron" and his role in shaping early Renaissance literature and humanist thought.

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Statements (67)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Renaissance humanist → human → humanist → medieval author → novelist → poet → scholar → short story writer → writer →
associatedWith	Dante Alighieri → Francesco Petrarca →
countryOfCitizenship	Republic of Florence →
dateOfBirth	1313 →
dateOfDeath	1375-12-21 →
describedAs	one of the three crowns of Italian literature →
educatedAt	Naples →
era	14th century → Italian Trecento →
ethnicGroup	Italian →
familyName	Boccaccio →
genre	biography → mythography → novella → poetry → prose →
givenName	Giovanni →
influenced	European novella tradition → Geoffrey Chaucer → Renaissance literature →
influencedBy	Dante Alighieri → Petrarch →
knownFor	The Decameron → early Renaissance humanism → vernacular Italian prose →
languageOfWorkOrName	Italian → Latin →
movement	Renaissance humanism → Trecento literature →
name	Giovanni Boccaccio →
nativeLanguage	Italian →
notableWork	Amorosa visione → De casibus virorum illustrium → De mulieribus claris → Decameron → Genealogia deorum gentilium → Genealogy of the Pagan Gods → Il Filocolo → Il Filostrato → Ninfale d’Ameto → Ninfale fiesolano → On Famous Women → On the Fates of Famous Men → Teseida delle nozze d’Emilia → The Decameron → Trattatello in laude di Dante →
occupation	cleric → diplomat → poet → scholar → writer →
placeOfBirth	Certaldo → near Florence →
placeOfDeath	Certaldo →
religion	Catholicism →
sexOrGender	male →
workLocation	Florence → Naples →

Referenced by (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Dante Alighieri → Francesco Petrarca →	influenced
Geoffrey Chaucer → The Legend of Good Women ("Boccaccio") →	influencedBy
Tuscans →	associatedWith
Renaissance humanism →	associatedWithFigure
Troilus and Criseyde →	basedOnAuthor
Giovanni Boccaccio ("Boccaccio") →	familyName
Giovanni Boccaccio →	name
Italian language →	notableAuthorLanguageOf