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Casanova is a surname originating from the Romance languages, which translates literally as "new house" in Latin. Notable people with the surname include: Achille Casanova (1941-2016), Swiss journalist and politician; Alain Casanova (born 1961), French football player and manager; Briley Casanova (born 1994), American gymnast
Venice in the 1730s. Giacomo Girolamo Casanova was born in Venice in 1725 to actress Zanetta Farussi, wife of actor and dancer Gaetano Casanova.Giacomo was the first of six children, followed by Francesco Giuseppe (1727–1803), Giovanni Battista (1730–1795), Faustina Maddalena (1731–1736), Maria Maddalena Antonia Stella (1732–1800), and Gaetano Alvise (1734–1783).
This first edition is a censored German translation for Brockhaus (the first half was translated by Wilhelm von Schütz, the remaining parts by an unknown translator).Its "original" title is: Aus den Memoiren des Venetianers Jacob Casanova de Seingalt, oder sein Leben, wie er es zu Dux in Böhmen niederschrieb.
"Casanova", a song by Roxy Music from the 1974 album Country Life "Casanova" (Anita Skorgan song), from the 1977 Eurovision Song Contest "Casanova" (Luv' song), from the 1979 album Lots of Luv' "Casanova" (LeVert song), 1987 single from the album The Big Throwdown "Casanova", a song by Peaches from the 2000 album The Teaches of Peaches
It was first mentioned in the modern sense in 1756 in The World, the 18th century London weekly newspaper, No. 202 ("The gay [meaning joyful, merry] Lothario dresses for the fight"). [5] Samuel Richardson used "haughty, gallant, gay Lothario" as the model for the self-indulgent Robert Lovelace in his novel Clarissa (1748), and Calista suggested ...
Point of Origin by Rebecca Yarros (2016) Series it belongs in: Legacy #.5 (Note: Point of Origin is a novella.) ... Landon—a classic casanova—and Rachel—the jaded ex, are forced to live on ...
Anthony Powell in his 1960 novel Casanova's Chinese Restaurant contrasts Don Juan, who "merely liked power" and "obviously did not know what sensuality was", with Casanova, who "undoubtedly had his sensuous moments". [18] Stefan Zweig observes the same difference between both characters in his biography of "Casanova". [19]
Giovanni Battista Casanova (Italian pronunciation: [dʒoˈvanni batˈtista kazaˈnɔːva;-kasa-]; 2 November 1730 – 8 December 1795) was an Italian painter and printmaker of the Neoclassic period. He was a brother of Giacomo Casanova and Francesco Giuseppe Casanova and was born at Venice .