Torquato Tasso
Italian poet
Torquato Tasso was an Italian poet of the 16th century, known for his 1591 poem Gerusalemme liberata, in which he depicts a highly imaginative version of the combats between Christians and Muslims at the end of the First Crusade, during the Siege... Wikipedia
Born: March 11, 1544, Sorrento, Italy
Died: April 25, 1595 (age 51 years), Rome, Italy
Plays: Aminta and Inträngandet i den förtrollade skogen
Movies: The Mighty Crusaders and The Crusaders
Nationality: Italian
Parents: Bernardo Tasso and Porzia de' Rossi
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