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Donato Albanzani

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Born1328 (1328)
Died1411 (aged 82–83)
Occupationsrhetorician, grammarian, author, translator
FieldsClassics
Donato Albanzani
Born1328 (1328)
Died1411 (aged 82–83)
Occupationsrhetorician, grammarian, author, translator
Scientific career
FieldsClassics

Donato Albanzani (1328 – 1411) was a medieval Italian humanist, grammarian and rhetorician.

He was born in 1328 in Pratovecchio Stia, Italy.[1]

He died in 1411 in Ferrara, Italy.[1]

Education

He was a student of Giovanni Malpaghini.[1]

Career

He taught rhetoric and grammar from 1345 to 1346 in Ravenna, Italy.[1]

He arrived in Ferrara in 1382 and became a tutor to Niccolò III d'Este, the son of Alberto V d'Este , Marquis of Ferrara and Modena.[1]

Bibliography

He is famous for producing commentaries on the works of Petrarch and for having translated Petrarch's work De viris illustribus and Boccaccio's De mulieribus claris from Latin to Italian.[1]

His notable works include:[2]

  • De viris illustribus; Raccoglimento; Supplementum in librum de viris illustribus Francisci Petrarcae
  • Le Vite degli uomini illustri

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