Giambattista Basile
1566
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1632
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: Kingdom of Naples
native language: Neapolitan
languages spoken, written or signed: Italian, Neapolitan
occupation: writer, poet, children's writer, politician
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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