Masuccio Salernitano
Italian poet
Masuccio Salernitano, born Tommaso Guardati, was an Italian poet.
Born in Salerno or Sorrento, he is best known today for Il Novellino, a collection of 50 "novelle" or short stories, each prefaced by a letter of dedication to a famous person and... Wikipedia
Born: 1410, Salerno, Italy
Died: 1475 (age 65 years), Salerno, Italy
Books
The Novellino of Masuccio
1476
Romeo and Juliet Before Shakespeare: Four Early Stories of Star-crossed Love
The Novellino of Masuccio: Now First Translated Into English; Volume 1
2016
Romeo and Juliet: Original Text of Masuccio Salernitano, Luigi Da Porto, Matteo Bandello, William Shakespeare
The Thirty-third Novel of Il Novellino of Masuccio: From which is Probably Derived the Story of Romeo and Juliet