Home›Italian Literature›Nationality›ItalyBrowse ByItalyNationality groups authors by the country each one came from. Wikipedia describes Jane Austen as "an English writer known primarily for her six novels," a nationality that placed her firmly within the English gentry society she wrote about. This dimension shows which countries produced the authors behind a given tradition.FactsItalySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested1100 1Primary Language or TraditionWell-attestedItalian 1ItalyFilter Results22 entriesGenreAllAdventure Fiction (1)Autobiography (1)Children Literature (1)Crime Fiction (1)Drama (3)Epic (2)Frame Tale Collection (1)Historical Fiction (1)Lyric Poetry (2)Memoir (1)Nonfiction Prose (4)Poetry (2)Political Satire (1)Science Fiction (1)Short Fiction (2)The Novel (9)Western Fiction (1)MovementAllDolce Stil Novo (1)Futurism (1)Italian Neorealism (Literature) (1)Romanticism (2)Verismo (1)Major AwardAllNobel Prize in Literature (1)Nobel Prize in Literature (1934) (1)Poet Laureate of Rome (1)Active EraAll1265 to 1321 (1)1304 to 1374 (1)1313 to 1375 (1)1469 to 1527 (1)1474 to 1533 (1)1500 to 1571 (1)1785 to 1873 (1)1798 to 1837 (1)1826 to 1890 (1)1862 to 1911 (1)1867 to 1936 (1)1871 to 1936 (1)1876 to 1944 (1)1896 to 1957 (1)1908 to 1950 (1)1916 to 2000 (1)1919 to 1987 (1)1921 to 1989 (1)1923 to 1985 (1)1925 to 2019 (1)1932 to 2016 (1)Influenced ByAllVirgil (1)Original LanguageAllEnglish (1)French (6)German (1)Italian (13)Latin (5)Spanish (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 22Alessandro ManzoniItalyAndrea CamilleriItalyBenvenuto CelliniItalyCarlo CollodiItalyCesare PaveseItalyDante AlighieriItalyElisabetta DamiItalyEmilio SalgariItalyFilippo Tommaso MarinettiItalyGiacomo LeopardiItalyGiorgio BassaniItalyGiovanni BoccaccioItalyGiuseppe Tomasi di LampedusaItalyGrazia DeleddaItalyItalo CalvinoItalyLeonardo SciasciaItalyLudovico AriostoItalyLuigi PirandelloItalyNiccolò MachiavelliItalyPetrarchItalyPrimo LeviItalyUmberto EcoItalySources1. Italian Literature (Wikipedia)tier 2WikipediaItalian literature, lead sectionQuote, Italian literature, lead sectionItalian literature began in the 12th century, when in different regions of the peninsula the Italian vernacular started to be used in a literary manner.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.