Carlo Goldoni

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Carlo Goldoni
Goldoni c. 1757
Born	Carlo Osvaldo Goldoni (1707-02-25)25 February 1707 Venice, Republic of Venice (present-day Italy)
Died	6 February 1793(1793-02-06) (aged 85) Paris, France
Pen name	Polisseno Fegeio, Pastor Arcade
Occupation	Playwright librettist lawyer
Language	Venetian Italian French
Education	Law
Alma mater	University of Modena
Period	from 1725
Genre	Comedy tragicomedy tragedy libretto poetry memoirs
Subject	Humanity, middle class
Literary movement	Classicism
Notable works	Servant of Two Masters The Mistress of the Inn
Spouse	Nicoletta Conio

Carlo Osvaldo Goldoni (/ɡɒlˈdoʊni/, also US: /ɡɔːlˈ-, ɡoʊlˈ-/,^[1][2] Italian: [ˈkarlo oˈzvaldo ɡolˈdoːni]; 25 February 1707 – 6 February 1793) was an Italian playwright and librettist from the Republic of Venice. His works include some of Italy's most famous and best-loved plays. Audiences have admired the plays of Goldoni for their ingenious mix of wit and honesty. His plays offered his contemporaries images of themselves, often dramatizing the lives, values, and conflicts of the emerging middle classes. Though he wrote in French and Italian, his plays make rich use of the Venetian language, regional vernacular, and colloquialisms. Goldoni also wrote under the pen name and title Polisseno Fegeio, Pastor Arcade, which he claimed in his memoirs the "Arcadians of Rome" bestowed on him.^[3]