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Giovanni Boccaccio (1313 – 1375) was an Italian Renaissance humanist, poet and writer, contemporary of Francesco Petrarch. He grew up in Florence. Boccaccio shares with Petrarch the honor of being the earliest humanist. [1]
Boccaccio is best known for his work "the Decameron". Other works include: On Famous Women, Trattatello in laude di Dante, and his vernacular poetry.
The great charm of the "Decameron" lies in the wonderful richness and variety of the adventures which he relates, in the many types of character and the close analysis of all shades of feeling and passion, from the basest to the noblest. Ibidem