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Location: Battle of Fotevik Skåne Län Sweden

Giovanni Battista Guarini, a member of an …

Years: 1567 - 1567

Giovanni Battista Guarini, a member of an illustrious literary family, has taught at the University of Ferrara and, like the poet Torquato Tasso, is a member of the Paduan Accademia degli Eterei.

He is twenty-nine in 1567 when he joins the brilliant court of Duke Alfonso II d'Este in Ferrara, whom he serves as a diplomat.

Tasso continues under the Este family’s patronage, producing in the same year his important Discourses on the art of poetry.