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Giovanni Boccaccio (June 16, 1313 – December 21, 1375) was an Italian author and poet, a friend and correspondent of Petrarch, an important Renaissance humanist in his own right and author of a number of notable works, including On Famous Women, the Decameron and his poems in the vernacular.
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Boccaccio's characters are notable for their era in that they are realistic, spirited and clever individuals who are grounded in reality, in sharp contrast to the characters of many of his contemporaries, who were generally emblematic of Medieval virtues like chivalry, piety and humility.
Through this emphasis of realism over outdated scholasticism, Boccaccio helped to found the Renaissance movement of humanism.
Boccaccio's poetry would be some of the most widely influential in any language—writers ranging from Chaucer and Shakespeare to Montaigne and Goethe would directly borrow material and techniques from him.
In this way, he is one of the seminal influences for both Renaiss