biography
| name: |
Chiabrera, Gabriello
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pronunciation:
[keeabrayra]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1552–1638)
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| biography:
| Poet, born in Savona, Liguria, NW Italy. An eclectic writer, he composed heroic poems (Gotiade, 1582), melodramas and pastoral dramas (Rapimento di Cefalo, 1600), tragedies (Erminia) and others. His adaptation of classical prosody to traditional verse deeply influenced the Arcadia movement. |
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