William Painter (writer)
William Painter (born around 1540 in Kent , † February 14, 1594 in London ) was an English writer and translator during the Renaissance .
Life
Painter enrolled at St John's College (Cambridge) in 1554 . In 1561 he was Feldzeugmeister in the Tower of London . Although he was accused of misappropriating government property (1586), he was not persecuted.
Painter's fame is mainly based on his work The Palace of Pleasure (1566–67), a collection of classic and contemporary Italian and French love stories, which he translated into English. Painter was used by playwrights at the time of Elizabeth I as a source, including William Shakespeare for Timon of Athens , the comedy Ending Well, All Well, or Romeo and Juliet and John Webster for The Duchess of Malfi . His sources include a. Livy , Plutarch , Boccaccio , Bandello , Straparola and Margaret of Navarre .
Web links
- William Painter: The Palace of Pleasure in: C. D. Warner et al. a .: The Library of the World's Best Literature. An Anthology in Thirty Volumes. 1917.
- William Painter, English author in: britannica.com (English)
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| SURNAME | Painter, William |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English writer in the Renaissance |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1540 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kent |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 14, 1594 |
| Place of death | London |