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Making the most of your time in Florence |
Updated 13 January 2008 |
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Famous Florentine Writers
- Vasco Pratolini (1913-1991) the writer and screenwriter, was a Florentine and collaborated with Lucchino Visconti (Rocco and his Brothers), and Roberto Rossellini (Paisà). He also wrote several novels, among which The Girls from San Frediano.
- Francesco Guicciardini (1483-1540), considered to be one of the first exponents of modern historical writing, served both the Medici and the Papacy, before retiring to his villa near Florence after the accession of Cosimo I as Duke of Tuscany. He is famous for his History of Italy, spanning the years from 1494 to 1532 and for his precise analysis of the Italy of his day.
- Jacopo Nardi (1476-1563), the Florentine historian, served the Republic instituted after the fall of the Medici in 1494, although he still held office after their return from exile in 1512, his property was eventually confiscated and he was exiled for the rest of his life.
- Benedetto Varchi (1502/1503-1565), the historian and poet, wrote a history of Florence as well as several plays and poems. He was in the service of the Florentine Republic, helping defend the city against the Medicean troops. Though eventually exiled after the return of the Medici, he was eventually recalled by Duke Cosimo I and commissioned to write a history of Florence.
- Donato Giannotti (1492–1573), the political writer and playwright, was one of the leaders of the short-lived Florentine Republic, instituted after the expulsion of the Medici in 1527.
- Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (1469–1527), the writer for whom the term “Machiavellian” was coined,
- Dante (Durante Alighieri) (1265-1321)
- Giovanni Boccaccio (1313–1375)
- Marsilio Ficino (Marsilius Ficinus) (1433-1499)
- Politian (Poliziano) (Angiolo degli Ambrogini da MontePulciano) (1454–1494)
- Cristoforo Landino (1424-1498)
- Carlo Lorenzini (1826–1890)
- Giovanni Villani (ca 1275-1348)
- Brunetto Latini (ca 1220–1294)
- Luigi Pulci (1432–1484), the Italian poet, famous for the burlesque epic poem Morgante, was born in Florence and was for a time in the service of the Medici.
- Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1463-1494)
- Carlo Collodi (Carlo Lorenzini) - (1826-1890), the famous author of The Adventures of Pinocchio, was born and lived in Florence. His pen name, Collodi, is taken from the name of the city from where his mother came. At Collodi, near Florence, there is the Pinocchio Park and Garzoni Gardens, which are well worth a visit.
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