biography
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Gherardi, Giovanni
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known as Giovanni da Prato
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pronunciation:
[gayrah(r)dee]
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| male
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| lived:
| (c.1367–1445)
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| biography:
| Scholar, born in Prato, Tuscany, NC Italy. He was an admirer of Petrarca, Boccaccio, and Dante, and organized public readings of The Divine Comedy. His body of work consists of a collection including short stories and literary discussions held among a group of aristocratic Florentines. It was given the name Il paradiso degli Alberti in the 19th-c. |
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