Giambattista Basile

Giambattista Basile
Native name
Joannes Baptista[1]
Born(1566-02-15)February 15, 1566[2]
Giugliano in Campania, Kingdom of Naples (present-day Italy)
Died23 February 1632(1632-02-23) (aged 66)
Giugliano in Campania, Kingdom of Naples (present-day Italy)
Pen nameGian Alesio Abbatutis
Occupation
Language
Notable worksLo Cunto de li Cunti

Giambattista Basile (Giugliano in Campania, 15 February 1566 (date of baptism)[3] – February 1632) was an Italian poet, courtier, and fairy tale collector. His collections include the oldest recorded forms of many well-known (and more obscure) European fairy tales.[4] He is chiefly remembered for writing the collection of Neapolitan fairy tales known as Il Pentamerone.

  1. ^ Coppola, Emmanuele (1998). Giovan Battista Basile nacque a Giugliano nel 1566
  2. ^ Coppola, Emmanuele (1998). Giovan Battista Basile nacque a Giugliano nel 1566
  3. ^ Coppola, Emmanuele (1998). Giovan Battista Basile nacque a Giugliano nel 1566 (in Italian).
  4. ^ Steven Swann Jones, The Fairy Tale: The Magic Mirror of Imagination, Twayne Publishers, New York, 1995, ISBN 0-8057-0950-9, p38

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