Giacomo da Lentini

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Giacomo da Lentini was a 13th-century Italian poet, often credited with inventing the sonnet and considered one of the foremost figures of early Italian lyric poetry.

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instanceOf Italian poet
Sicilian School poet
person
poet
alsoKnownAs Giacomo Notaro NERFINISHED
Iacopo da Lentini NERFINISHED
Jacopo Notaro NERFINISHED
Jacopo da Lentini NERFINISHED
birthPlace Kingdom of Sicily NERFINISHED
Lentini NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Sicily NERFINISHED
creditedWith invention of the sonnet
employer Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor NERFINISHED
era Middle Ages
floruit 13th century
c. 1230s
genre love poetry
lyric poetry
hasRole founder of the Sicilian School
influenced Dante Alighieri NERFINISHED
Dolce Stil Novo poets NERFINISHED
early Italian lyric poetry
influencedBy Provençal troubadours NERFINISHED
languageOfWorkOrName Italian
Sicilian
literaryFormUsed canzone
sonnet
literaryTradition courtly love
movement Sicilian School NERFINISHED
name Giacomo da Lentini NERFINISHED
nationality Italian
notableWork sonnets
occupation notary
poet
partOf Frederick II’s poetic circle NERFINISHED
positionHeld imperial notary
region Sicily NERFINISHED
significantContribution formalization of the sonnet structure
style courtly lyric
subjectOf studies in medieval Italian literature
theme courtly ethics
feudal loyalty
love
workLocation Imperial court of Frederick II in Palermo NERFINISHED

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Sicilian School of poetry hasNotableMember Giacomo da Lentini