Scipione di Manzano
Italian poet
About Scipione di Manzano
Lived 1560 – 1596 (aged 35). Scipione di Manzano was a renaissance humanist.
Scipione di Manzano or Scipione Manzano (14 November 1560 – 26 February 1596) was an Italian poet.
Biography He was born in Cividale del Friuli, to a local aristocratic family. He developed an interest in literature from studies in his hometown, but later in Venice. In 1594, inspired by Torquato Tasso's work, he published an epic poem about Doge Enrico Dandolo's Sack of Constantinople in 1202. His best known work, published posthumously, is an epic poem Aci: favola marina, about the love story between Acis and the nymph Galatea.
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Who was Scipione di Manzano?
Italian poet
When was Scipione di Manzano born?
Scipione di Manzano was born on 14 November 1560 in Cividale del Friuli.
When did Scipione di Manzano die?
Scipione di Manzano died on 26 February 1596 in Cividale del Friuli.
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Scipione di Manzano was a renaissance humanist.
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