Giovanni Boccaccio, Italian author and poet, was born in 1313 and died in 1375.
Born in Liverpool, England,
J. G. Nichols is a poet, literary critic, and translator. He was awarded the John Florio Prize for his translation of the poems of Guido Gozzano. His translation of Petrarch's
Canzoniere won the Premio Internazionale Diego Valeri in 2000.