Author:Giovanni Boccaccio

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Giovanni Boccaccio
(1313–1375)

major Italian medieval author, together with Dante and Petrarch; most important work is the Decameron, a collection of one hundred short stories; Chaucer considered him as a model for his Canterbury Tales

Engraving portrait of Giovanni Boccaccio by Raffaello Sanzio Morgen (1758-1833) after engraving by Vincenzo Gosini, 1822

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Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1929, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

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