Giovanni Boccaccio(1313-1375)

Writer

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Giovanni Boccaccio

Giovanni Boccaccio was born in June 1313 in Certaldo, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. He was a writer, known for Les bonnes soeurs (2017), Si mes nuits d'amour vous étaient contées (1972) and Le Décaméron (1971). He died on 21 December 1375 in Certaldo, Florence, Tuscany, Italy.

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Known for

John C. Reilly, Fred Armisen, Molly Shannon, Alison Brie, Dave Franco, Kate Micucci, and Aubrey Plaza in Les bonnes soeurs (2017)

Les bonnes soeurs

5.8

Writer

2017

Si mes nuits d'amour vous étaient contées (1972)

Si mes nuits d'amour vous étaient contées

5.1

Writer

1972

Ninetto Davoli in Le Décaméron (1971)

7.0

Writer(as G. Boccaccio)

1971

Joan Fontaine and Louis Jourdan in Pages galantes de Boccace (1953)

Pages galantes de Boccace

5.3

Writer

1953

Credits

Writer

The Decameron
6.5
TV Series
- based on novel
- 2024
O Jardineiro do Convento/A Jardineira do Convento
Short
- original story
- 2023
Dante
5.7
- essay
- 2022
Les bonnes soeurs
5.8
- based on "The Decameron" by
- 2017
Contes italiens
5.8
- stories
- 2015
Decamerão, a Comédia do Sexo
6.6
TV Series
- novel "Decameron"
- 2009
La chambre obscure
5.1
- based on an episode from "The Decameron"
- 2000
Decameron: Tales of Desire
5.9
Video
- novellas "The Decameron"
- 1995
Lusty Liaisons II
4.8
TV Movie
- story (segments "The Tale of The Toe", "Two Great Friends", "The Mercenary Mistress")
- 1994
Lusty Liaisons
3.9
TV Movie
- story (segment "The Faithful Manservant")
- 1994
Neskolko lyubovnykh istoriy
5.4
- story
- 1994
Tedaldo a Elisa
TV Movie
- short story
- 1991
Zálety konského handlíre
5.6
TV Movie
- Writer
- 1991
Láska zlatnice Leonetty
7.8
TV Movie
- Writer
- 1991
Série rose
6.9
TV Series
- short story "La précaution inutile" (as Boccace)
- 1990

Personal details

Alternative names
- G. Bocaccio
Born
- June 1313
- Certaldo, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Died
- December 21, 1375
- Certaldo, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Other works
(November 15 to December 29, 1974) His stories, "The Decameron," was dramatized as "Boccaccio" by Kenneth Cavander in the Arena Stage Theatre production at the Kreeger Theater in Washington D.C. Richard Peaslee was composer. Gene Lesser was director.
Publicity listings
- 3 Portrayals

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Trivia
Had a step-brother, Francesco (born c. 1320).

Quotes
They ate lunch with their friends and dinner with their ancestors in paradise" [on victims of the plague]

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