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Giovanni Francesco Straparola
AuthorBooks · Second hand1480-1557
Giovanni Francesco "Gianfrancesco" Straparola, also known as Zoan or Zuan Francesco Straparola da Caravaggio, was an Italian writer of poetry, and collector and writer of short stories. Some time during his life, he migrated from Caravaggio to Venice where he published a collection of stories in two volumes called The Facetious Nights or The Pleasant Nights. This collection includes some of the first known printed versions of fairy tales in Europe, as they are known today.
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Birth
1480
Death
1557
First book
1550
Years writing
476
Giovanni Francesco Straparola was born in the Italian town of Caravaggio around 1480.
He is globally recognized as one of the first fairy tale collectors in history.
His most famous work, The Pleasant Nights, is a fundamental pillar of European fantasy literature.
Throughout his career, he wrote a total of 35 works exploring folklore and fiction.
He was also known by the pseudonym Zoan Francesco Straparola in various literary circles.