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.
