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Matilde Serao (1856–1927), Greek-born Italian journalist, novelist; Clara Sereni (1946–2018), autobiographical literature; Ippolita Maria Sforza (1446–1484), letter writer, poet; Gabriella Sica (born 1950), poet; Maria Luisa Spaziani (1923–2014), poet, translator, academic writer; Gaspara Stampa (1523–1554), Renaissance poet
Portrait of Torquato Tasso, 1590s. Torquato Tasso (/ ˈ t æ s oʊ / TASS-oh, also US: / ˈ t ɑː s oʊ / TAH-soh, Italian: [torˈkwaːto ˈtasso]; 11 March 1544 – 25 April 1595) was an Italian poet of the 16th century, known for his 1591 poem Gerusalemme liberata (Jerusalem Delivered), in which he depicts a highly imaginative version of the combats between Christians and Muslims at the end ...
This is a list of notable Italian writers, including novelists, essayists, poets, and other people whose primary artistic output was literature. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
16th-century portrait of Boccaccio. Giovanni Boccaccio (UK: / b ə ˈ k æ tʃ i oʊ / bə-KATCH-ee-oh, US: / b oʊ ˈ k ɑː tʃ (i) oʊ, b ə ˈ-/ boh-KAH-ch(ee)oh, bə-; Italian: [dʒoˈvanni bokˈkattʃo]; 16 June 1313 [1] – 21 December 1375) was an Italian writer, poet, correspondent of Petrarch, and an important Renaissance humanist.
List of poets who wrote in Italian (or Italian dialects). This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
Ludovico Ariosto (/ ɑːr i ˈ ɒ s t oʊ /; [1] Italian: [ludoˈviːko aˈrjɔsto,-ariˈɔsto]; 8 September 1474 – 6 July 1533) was an Italian poet.He is best known as the author of the romance epic Orlando Furioso (1516).
Shining eyes, cruel fortune: the lives and loves of Italian Renaissance Women Poets. Fordham University Press. Kirkham, Victoria (2006). Laura Battiferra and her literary circle: an anthology. The University of Chicago Press. Larsen, Anne R. (2006). From mother and daughter: poems, dialogues, and letters of les dames Des Roches. The University ...
Laura Battiferri (1523–1589), also called Laura Battiferri Ammannati, was an Italian poet during the Renaissance period. She was born in Urbino, Marche, Italy as the illegitimate daughter of Giovanni Antonio Battiferri from Urbino and Maddalena Coccapani from Carpi, Emilia-Romagna.