biography
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Boiardo, Matteo Maria, conte di (Count of) Scandiano
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pronunciation:
[boyah(r)doh]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (c.1441–94)
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| biography:
| Poet, born in Scandiano, N Italy. He studied at Ferrara, and in 1462 married the daughter of the Count of Norellara. He lived at the court of Ferrara where he was employed on diplomatic missions, and was appointed governor in 1481 of Modena, and in 1487 of Reggio. His fame rests on the unfinished Orlando Innamorato (1486), a long narrative poem in which the Charlemagne romances are recast into ottava rima. Ariosto finished the story in Orlando Furioso. |
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