Luigi Tansillo
Luigi Tansillo (* 1510 in Venosa , Province of Potenza , † December 1, 1568 in Teano ) was an Italian poet .
Life
Tansillo grew up in Venosa and embarked on a military career in the service of the Spanish viceroy of Naples . He took part in the war against the Turks and later became governor of Gaeta .
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The author of numerous love sonnets is one of the most important Italian poets of the 16th century. His works include Il vendemmiatore (1532), a shepherd poem made famous for occasional profanity, Clorinda (1547), distinguished by its relationship with nature, and Lagrime di San Pietro , a religious poem, (1585 posthumously ). In his 24 Capitoli , he uses humor to deal with his own experiences as well as social issues. Tansillo was a younger friend of the Spanish poets Garcilaso de la Vega and Boscán . He also influenced poets outside of Italy.
He wrote natural and emotional poems in the style of Petrarkism with early baroque influences and an unfinished baroque epic.
literature
- D. Coppola: Profilo di Luigi Tansillo , 1939
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tansillo, Luigi |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1510 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Venosa |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 1, 1568 |
| Place of death | Teano |