(1441–1494) Matteo Maria Boiardo, Conte di Scandiano Works: • Orlando innamorato (Italian) • Orlando Innamorato (English) Born 1441 Scandiano (Italia) Died December 19 1494 Reggio Emilia (Italia) Occupation Poet Writer
Matteo Maria Boiardo
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Giacomo Leopardi
(1798–1837) Count Giacomo Taldegardo Francesco di Sales Saverio Pietro Leopardi Works: • Essays and Dialogues (English) • I Canti (Italian) • The Poems of Giacomo Leopardi (English) • The Poems of Leopardi (English) Born June 29 1798 Recanati (Italia) Died…
La Schiava turca (c.1532)
Parmigianino (1503-1540) Ritratto di gentildonna detto La Schiava turca (Portrait of a Gentlewoman known as the Turkish slave) c.1532 Oil on panel, 68 x 53 cm Galleria Nazionale, Parma
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
(1828–1882) Gabriel Charles Dante Rossetti The artist’s works: Self-Portrait 1847 National Portrait Gallery, London Ecce Ancilla Domini 1850 Tate Britain, London Giotto Painting the Portrait of Dante 1852 Private collection Study for Giotto Painting the Portrait of Dante 1852 Tate Britain, London Paolo…
Alexander Pushkin
(1799–1837) Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin Александр Сергеевич Пушкин Works: • Aatelisrosvo Dubrovskij (Finnish) • Boris Godunov (English) • Eugene Oneguine (English) • Kapteenin tytär (Finnish) • Красавице, которая нюхала табак (Russian) • La fille du capitaine (French) • Laukaus y.m. kertomuksia…
Ivan Turgenev
(1818–1883) Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev Иван Сергеевич Тургенев Works: • A Desperate Character and Other Stories (English) • A House of Gentlefolk (English) • A Lear of the Steppes (English) • A Nobleman’s Nest (English) • A Reckless Character and Other…
Pedro Calderón de la Barca
(1600–1681) Pedro Calderón de la Barca y Barreda González de Henao Ruiz de Blasco y Riaño Works: • Eight Dramas of Calderon (English) • Life Is a Dream (English) • Teatro selecto, tomo 1 (Spanish) • Teatro selecto, tomo 2…
Francisco de Quevedo
(1580–1645) Francisco Gómez de Quevedo y Santibáñez Villegas Works: • Historia de la vida del Buscón (Spanish) • Los Sueños, Volume I (Spanish) • Los Sueños, Volume II (Spanish) • Pablo de Segovia (English) • The Visions of Dom Francisco…
Gian Paolo Zappi
Gian Paolo in Art: Fontana, Lavinia (1552-1614) Ritratto di Gian Paolo Zappi c.1577 Museo de Zaragoza, Zaragoza Wife (m.1577) Lavinia Fontana (1552-1614) Occupation Painter
Joseph Conrad
(1857–1924) Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski Works: • A Personal Record (1912) • A Set of Six (1908) • Almayer’s Folly (1895) • Amy Foster (1901) • An Outcast of the Islands (1896) • Chance: A Tale in Two Parts (1913)…