biography
| name: |
Berni or Bernia, Francesco
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pronunciation:
[bairnee]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (c.1497–1535)
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| biography:
| Poet, born in Lamporecchio, Tuscany, NW Italy. His recast or rifacimento of Boiardo's Orlando innamorato (1542) is still read in Italy in preference to the original. He played a large part in establishing Italian as a literary language. |
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