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While farmers generally allow one rooster for ten hens, ten men are scarcely sufficient to service one woman.
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Birth: | 1313 |
Death: | 21st December, 1375 |
Nationality: | Italian |
Profession: | Poet, Writer |
Giovanni Boccaccio was born in Certaldo, Italy. He was an Italian writer and poet. He wrote a number of notable works, including The Decameron and On Famous Women. He wrote other books include: The Filocolo(novel), Corbaccio(novel), The Elegy of Lady Fiammetta(novel), Amorous Fiammetta(novel), The Eaten Heart: Unlikely Tales of Love(novel), Teseida, Il Filostrato(poem), Teseida, and Mrs Rosie and the Priest.
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