Matteo Bandello, who lived from about 1480 to 1562, was an Italian writer, soldier, Dominican friar and bishop. He is best known for his novellas, and his collection of 214 of them made him the most popular short-story writer of his day. His life combined military service, membership of the Dominican order and a bishopric with a career as a writer of prose narrative. This entry rests on the short lead of one source, so it records his identity, approximate dates, his several roles and the size and reputation of his novella collection, and it claims nothing more specific than that.
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was an Italian writer, soldier, Dominican friar and bishop
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c. 1480
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1562
- Article categories: Category:16th-century Italian male writers
In Genre: Frame Tale Collection, Works, novellas
They belong to the same genre as Boccaccio’s Decameron
Influenced By: Giovanni Boccaccio, Novellas
best of those written in imitation of the Decameron
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(Castelnuovo Scrivia 1485 - Agen 1561), la cui fama è legata alle sue Novelle (le tre prime parti furono pubblicate nel 1554, la quarta nel 1573). A ogni novella, incentrata su fatti reali o leggende storiche, è premessa una dedica a personaggi del tempo. Apprezzate più oltralpe che in Italia, diede
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