Alfieri, Vittorio

Alfieri, Vittorio ahl FYEH ree, veet TAWR yoh (1749-1803), was an Italian playwright and poet. On... More >>

Ariosto, Ludovico

Ariosto, Ludovico, ah ree AWS toh, loo doh VEE koh (1474-1533), was a poet of the Italian... More >>

Betti, Ugo

Betti, Ugo, BEHT tee, OO gaw (1892-1953), was one of the leading Italian playwrights of the... More >>

Boccaccio, Giovanni

Boccaccio, Giovanni, boh KAH chee oh or boh KAH choh, joh VAHN nee (1313?-1375), is generally... More >>

Boito, Arrigo

Boito, Arrigo, BOH ee toh or BOY taw, ahr REE goh (1842-1918), was an Italian composer, author,... More >>

Canzoniere

Canzoniere, kan zoh NYEHR ay, is the greatest work of the Italian poet Petrarch (1304-1374). Of... More >>

Carducci, Giosue

Carducci, Giosue, kahr DOOT chee, jaw SWEH (1835-1907), an Italian poet, scholar, and literary... More >>

Casanova, Giacomo

Casanova, Giacomo, kaz uh NOH vuh, JAH koh moh (1725-1798), was an Italian adventurer and author.... More >>

Castiglione, Baldassare

Castiglione, Baldassare, kahs tee LYOH nay, bahl dahs SAH ray (1478-1529), was a writer of the... More >>

Collodi, Carlo

Collodi, kuh LOH dih, Carlo (1826-1890), an Italian author, wrote the famous children's story The... More >>

D'Annunzio, Gabriele

D'Annunzio, Gabriele, duh NUN see oh, GAH bree EH lee (1863-1938), was an Italian author and... More >>

Dante Alighieri

Dante Alighieri, DAHN tay ah lee GYAI ree (1265-1321), an Italian author, was one of the greatest... More >>

Deledda, Grazia

Deledda, day LEHD dah, Grazia (1871-1936), an Italian author, won the 1926 Nobel Prize for... More >>

Divine Comedy

Divine Comedy is a beautiful, long epic poem by the Italian writer Dante Alighieri. Dante began... More >>

Eco, Umberto

Eco, Umberto (1932-...), is an Italian philosopher, novelist, and literary critic. His first... More >>