Francesco Petrarca (1304–1374)
Author of Canzoniere
About the Author
Son of an exiled Florentine clerk, Petrarch was born in Arezzo, Italy, but was raised at the court of the Pope in Avignon in southern France. He studied the classics in France and continued his education at the University of Bologna in Italy. Less than a year after his return to Avignon in 1326, show more Petrarch fell in love with the woman he referred to as Laura in his most famous poetry. Although he never revealed her true name, nor, apparently, ever expressed his love to her directly, he made her immortal with his Canzoniere (date unknown), or songbook, a collection of lyric poems and sonnets that rank among the most beautiful written in Italian, or in any other language. Like the major Italian poet Dante Alighieri, Petrarch chose to write his most intimate feelings in his native Italian, rather than the Latin customary at that time. Petrarch used Latin for his more formal works, however. He incorrectly assumed that he would be remembered for the Latin works, but it was his Italian lyric poetry that influenced both the content and form of all subsequent European poetry. Petrarch's sonnet form was prized by English poets as an alternative to English poet William Shakespeare's sonnet form. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Series
Works by Francesco Petrarca
The Secret: by Francesco Petrarch with Related Documents (Bedford Series in History & Culture) (2003) — Author — 60 copies
Della mia ignoranza e di quella di molti altri (GUM. Nuova serie) (Italian Edition) (1999) — Author — 11 copies
Selected sonnets, odes 8 copies
Petrarch, the first modern scholar and man of letters; a selection from his correspondence with Boccaccio and other… (1970) 5 copies
Petrarch: a humanist among princes;: An anthology of Petrarch's letters and of selections from his other works (1971) 4 copies
Ur Francesco Petrarcas brev 4 copies
Epistole — Author — 4 copies
Sonnets 3 copies
Sonets, cançons i madrigals 3 copies
Dal canzoniere 3 copies
Petrarca. eDal Canzonieree... Le Chansonnier : . Traduction, introduction et notes par Gérard Genot 3 copies
Letters 3 copies
Poesie latine 3 copies
PETRARCH SONNETS AND SONGS: ITALIAN-ENGLISH EDITION — Author — 3 copies
Lettres de Vaucluse 2 copies
Petrarch’s Canzoniere in the English Renaissance: A new edition revised and enlarged (Internationale Forschungen zur… (2005) 2 copies
Res seniles. Libri 1.-4. 2 copies
Invettive contro un medico 2 copies
Guida al viaggio da Genova alla Terra Santa. Itinerarium Syriacum. Testo latino a fronte (2018) 2 copies
Die schönsten Liebesgedichte. Vierzig Sonette und Canzonen. Italienisch und deutsch. (1997) 2 copies
I quattro poeti Italiani — Author — 2 copies
2: Francesco Petrarca 2 copies
Sonets i cançons 2 copies
Le chansonnier / Dal canzoniere (Bilingue, texte et traduction en regard) - Traduction, chronologie, introduction et… (1969) 2 copies
Sonetti di Petrarca 2 copies
Madonna Laura 2 copies
La vita di Scipione l'Africano 2 copies
Italia mia 2 copies
Zpěvník : [výbor z poezie] 2 copies
Lettere Di Francesco Petrarca V4: Delle Cose Familiari Libri Ventiquattro Lettere Varie Libro Unico (1866) (Italian… (2010) 2 copies
De sui ipsius et multorum ignorantia : Lateinisch - Deutsch = er seine und vieler anderer Unwissenheit (1993) 2 copies
itinerario in terra santa 2 copies
I trionfi e rime varie 2 copies
Rime e trionfi : con il rimario 2 copies
Concordanza delle Rime di Francesco Petrarca — Author — 1 copy
Rime del Petrarca Vol. 1 1 copy
Избранная лирика 1 copy
Il Petrarca essenziale 1 copy
Эстетические фрагменты 1 copy
Rime del Petrarca Vol. 2 1 copy
Remedios contra la desdicha 1 copy
Brief an die Nachwelt. Gespräche über die Weltverachtung. Büchlein von seiner und vieler Leute… (2022) 1 copy
Le opere 1 copy
Opere 1 copy
The Canzoniere 1 1 copy
The Canzoniere 2 1 copy
OPERE LATINE DI FRANCESCO PETRARCA, VOLUME PRIMO SECUNDO. 2 vols. Edited by Antonietta Bufano. Classici Italiani. (1987) 1 copy
Il Conzoniere 1 copy
Selected Letters 1 copy
Le rime ;bI trionfi 1 copy
Lyric Poems 1 copy
Selections 1 copy
Chansonnier - Rerum Vulgarium Fragmenta (Les Classiques de L'Humanisme) (French Edition) (2009) 1 copy
Petrarch's Testament 1 copy
Sonnets from Petrarch. 1 copy
Sonnets and Songs 1 copy
Poesie d'amore 1 copy
Antologia 1 copy
Brief aan Giovanni Coronna 1 copy
The Works of Petrarca 1 copy
Pjesme Lauri 1 copy
CANCIONERO -TOMO I 1 copy
Obra poetica (II) 1 copy
Poesía completa (Tomo 1) 1 copy
As Rimas de Petrarca 1 copy
Prose. 1 copy
Soneti i kancone 1 copy
Le rime 1 copy
Le Rime. Vol. 1 1 copy
Le Rime. Vol. 2 1 copy
Some Love Songs of Petrarch 1 copy
Dal Canzoniere e dai Trionfi 1 copy
Petrarch (3 vols.) 1 copy
Petrarca del Vellutello 1 copy
Le familiari : scelta 1 copy
Secretum de contemptu mundi — Author — 1 copy
Le cose volgari 1 copy
Il Petrarcha 1 copy
Soneti / Rime sparse 1 copy
LE RIME a Cura di Giosue Carducci e Severino Ferrari Nuova Presentazione di Gianfranco Contini (1965) 1 copy
Canzoniere & Trionfi - (Facsimile codice Queriniano G V 15 - Vindelino, Venezia, 1470) (1995) 1 copy
Libri i kengeve 1 copy
Kanzóny pro Lauru 1 copy
Brief aan het nageslacht 1 copy
Poesía 1 copy
Le rime del Petrarca 1 copy
L'originale del Canzoniere di Francesco Petrarca Codice Vaticano Latino 3195 riprodotto in fototipia — Author — 1 copy
Delphi Collected Poetical Works of Francesco Petrarch (Illustrated) (Delphi Poets Series Book 64) 1 copy
Los sonetos y canciones 1 copy
Il Petrarca 1 copy
Obras I. Prosas 1 copy
IL CAZONIERE 1 copy
One Hundred Sonnets: Translated After the Italian of Petrarca, with the Original Text, Notes, and a Life of Petrarch (2016) 1 copy
Letters of Old Age I-IX 1 copy
Phisicke Against Fortune, as well prosperous as adverse. Forty - six dialogues by Francesco Petrarca; Translated by… (1993) 1 copy
Poesías 1 copy
Petrarca Sonetten,3 1 copy
O cancioneiro 1 copy
Opere Filosofiche di Francesco Petrarca Recate in Volgare Favella (Classic Reprint) (Italian Edition) (2017) 1 copy
On His Own Ignorance 1 copy
Itinerarium breve de Ianua usque ad Ierusalem et Terram Sanctam: volgarizzamento meridionale anonimo 1 copy
Dichtung und Prosa 1 copy
Associated Works
The Decameron : A New Translation, Contexts, Criticism (Norton Critical Edition) (1977) — Contemporary Reaction, some editions; Contributor, some editions — 343 copies
Oogst der tijden : keur uit de werken van schrijvers en dichters aller volken en eeuwen (1940) — Contributor — 10 copies
Van Homerus tot Van Lennep : Griekse en Latijnse literatuur in Nederlandse vertaling (1992) — Author — 4 copies
Hymne an die Provence — Contributor — 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Petrarch
- Legal name
- Petrarca, Francesco
- Birthdate
- 1304-07-20
- Date of death
- 1374-07-18
- Burial location
- Arqua, Italy
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Italy
- Birthplace
- Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy
- Place of death
- Arquà, Veneto, Italy
- Places of residence
- Avignon, France
Rome, Italy
Milan, Italy
Venice, Italy - Education
- University of Montpellier
University of Bologna - Occupations
- poet
scholar
traveller
diplomat - Awards and honors
- Poet Laureate (1341)
- Short biography
- Francesco Petrarca or Petrarch is called the father of Italian humanism. His earliest years were spent in Tuscany. His father, a law clerk, moved the family to Pisa and later to Avignon, France, then a seat of the Papacy. He was trained at the universities of Montpellier and Bologna for the legal profession but disliked it as a career and instead devoted himself to literature. He took minor clerical orders and entered the service of Cardinal Colonna. It was at Avignon in 1327 that Petrarch saw for the first time Laura, the lady who was to be the inspiration of his famous love poetry. His work was admired throughout Europe and became a model for other writers such as Boccaccio and Dante. Both Laura and Cardinal Colonna died in 1348; Petrarch thereafter became dedicated to the cause of Italian unification, pleaded for the return of the Popes to Rome, and served the Visconti family of Milan.
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