Bernardo Tasso
Bernardo Tasso (born November 11, 1493 in Bergamo , † September 5, 1569 in Mantua ) was an Italian poet.
Life
Tasso was born in Bergamo in the famous courier family Tasso , studied in Padua and then held various positions in Rome , Ferrara and Venice , where he already made a name for himself as a poet. In 1531 he entered the service of Prince Ferdinando Sanseverino of Salerno , whom he followed into exile in 1552. In his poems he imitated the ancient classics. His works “Odi” (1560) and “Salmi” (1560) are based on the model of Horace . His most popular work was "Amadigi di Gaula" (1560), an Italian verse arrangement by Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo "Amadis de Gaula" (1560), which he embellished with self-invented episodes. In 1587 his son Torquato Tasso completed and published the "Floridante" .
literature
- *: Tasso, Bernardo . In: Enciclopedia Italiana , Volume 33: Sup – Topi , Rome 1937 (born in Venice)
- Edward Williamson: Bernardo Tasso , Rome 1951 (Italian translation Bergamo 1995)
- Rosanna Morace: Tasso, Bernardo. In: Raffaele Romanelli (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 95: Taranto – Togni. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 2019.
- Tasso, 1) Bernardo . In: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon 1885-1892, Volume 15, page 530
Web links
- Literature by and about Bernardo Tasso in the catalog of the German National Library
- Tasso, Bernardo. In: Enciclopedie on line. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome. Retrieved June 23, 2020. with birthplace Venice .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tasso, Bernardo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 11, 1493 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bergamo |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 5, 1569 |
| Place of death | Mantua |