Giambattista Basile

1566 - 1632

photo credits: Wikimedia Commons

country of citizenship:  Kingdom of Naples
native language:  Neapolitan
languages spoken, written or signed:  ItalianNeapolitan

Giambattista Basile (Giugliano in Campania, 15 February 1566 (date of baptism) – 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. He is chiefly remembered for writing the collection of Neapolitan fairy tales known as Il Pentamerone. Source: Wikipedia (en)

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