19149 Boccaccio | Discovered 1990 Mar. 2 by E. W. Elst at the European Southern Observatory. |
Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375) was an Italian poet and essayist, known for the psychological romance Elegia di Madonna Fiammetta (1343-1344), which expresses his love for Maria d´Aquino, daughter of the king of Naples. He was more famous for his masterpiece Il Decamerone (1349-1351), written in common language. |
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