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Francesco Petrarca (1304–1374)

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Son of an exiled Florentine clerk, Petrarch was born in Arezzo, Italy, but was raised at the court of the Pope in Avignon in southern France. He studied the classics in France and continued his education at the University of Bologna in Italy. Less than a year after his return to Avignon in 1326, toon meer Petrarch fell in love with the woman he referred to as Laura in his most famous poetry. Although he never revealed her true name, nor, apparently, ever expressed his love to her directly, he made her immortal with his Canzoniere (date unknown), or songbook, a collection of lyric poems and sonnets that rank among the most beautiful written in Italian, or in any other language. Like the major Italian poet Dante Alighieri, Petrarch chose to write his most intimate feelings in his native Italian, rather than the Latin customary at that time. Petrarch used Latin for his more formal works, however. He incorrectly assumed that he would be remembered for the Latin works, but it was his Italian lyric poetry that influenced both the content and form of all subsequent European poetry. Petrarch's sonnet form was prized by English poets as an alternative to English poet William Shakespeare's sonnet form. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
Fotografie: Credit: George Jansoone, 2005, Florence, Italy

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Het liedboek (1470) 783 exemplaren
Petrarch's Lyric Poems (1976) 229 exemplaren
Secretum (1353) 194 exemplaren
The Poetry of Petrarch (2004) 156 exemplaren
The Sonnets of Petrarch (1966) 94 exemplaren
Songs and Sonnets from Laura's Lifetime (0014) — Auteur — 66 exemplaren
Trionfi (1605) 65 exemplaren
The Ascent of Mont Ventoux (1350) — Auteur — 65 exemplaren
Sonetos y canciones (1946) 39 exemplaren
Sonnetten en andere gedichten (1993) 36 exemplaren
Reisroute naar Jeruzalem (1999) 32 exemplaren
De vita solitaria (1346) 31 exemplaren
The Essential Petrarch (2010) 27 exemplaren
Kärleksdikter (1989) 21 exemplaren
The Revolution of Cola di Rienzo (1996) 21 exemplaren
On Religious Leisure (1958) 20 exemplaren
Brieven (2011) 19 exemplaren
Sonnetten (1981) 19 exemplaren
Sonnets and Shorter Poems (2012) 18 exemplaren
Africa (1977) 18 exemplaren
Het leven in eenzaamheid (1993) 16 exemplaren
Rime, trionfi, e poesie latine (1951) 14 exemplaren
The Complete Canzoniere (2015) 12 exemplaren
Cancionero II (1989) 11 exemplaren
Francesco Petrarca (1993) 11 exemplaren
Dichtungen, Briefe, Schriften (1956) 11 exemplaren
Lauweringsrede (1995) 11 exemplaren
Opere (1992) 9 exemplaren
Remedios para la vida (2023) 8 exemplaren
Il codice degli abbozzi (2000) — Auteur — 8 exemplaren
Le senili (1993) 7 exemplaren
Petrarch's Book Without a Name (1973) 7 exemplaren
Selected poems [of] Petrarch (1971) 7 exemplaren
Petrarch: Selected Poems (1977) 6 exemplaren
Prose (1955) — Auteur — 6 exemplaren
Rime e trionfi (1960) — Auteur — 5 exemplaren
Vita di Petrarca (2004) — Auteur — 5 exemplaren
Francesco Petrarca (2016) 5 exemplaren
Res seniles. Libri 5-8 (2009) 5 exemplaren
Il canzoniere e i trionfi (1993) 4 exemplaren
La Vertu et la grâce (1990) 4 exemplaren
Res seniles. Libri 9-12 (2014) 4 exemplaren
Epistole — Auteur — 4 exemplaren
Le familiari (1997) 4 exemplaren
LOS SONETOS DEL CANCIONERO (1998) 4 exemplaren
Il Canzoniere (1980) 4 exemplaren
Res seniles. Libri 13.-17. (2018) 4 exemplaren
Gabbiani (2008) 4 exemplaren
Opere latine (1975) — Auteur — 4 exemplaren
Fifteen sonnets of Petrarch (2015) 4 exemplaren
Longing for Laura (2001) 4 exemplaren
Dal canzoniere 3 exemplaren
Letters 3 exemplaren
Sonnets 3 exemplaren
Res seniles. Libri 1.-4. (2006) 3 exemplaren
On the Death of Madonna Laura (2015) 3 exemplaren
Poesie (1996) 3 exemplaren
Lettres familières (2015) 3 exemplaren
Poesie latine 3 exemplaren
Obras (1978) 3 exemplaren
Love rimes of Petrarch (1980) 3 exemplaren
Obra poética (1985) 3 exemplaren
Petrarca (1976) 3 exemplaren
Res Seniles: Aggiunte e correzioni: Indici (2019) — Auteur — 3 exemplaren
The Complete Works of Petrarch (2020) 2 exemplaren
Salmi penitenziali (1997) 2 exemplaren
Gli uomini illustri (2007) 2 exemplaren
Francesco Petrarca daloskönyve (1988) 2 exemplaren
I quattro poeti Italiani — Auteur — 2 exemplaren
Francesco Petrarca (2016) 2 exemplaren
The Canzoniere [Part II] (2003) 2 exemplaren
2: Francesco Petrarca 2 exemplaren
Letters from Petrarch (1966) 2 exemplaren
Sonetti di Petrarca 2 exemplaren
Rerum memorandarum libri (2014) 2 exemplaren
De gestis Cesaris (2003) 2 exemplaren
Lettres de Vaucluse 2 exemplaren
Sonets i cançons 2 exemplaren
Los sonetos (1981) 2 exemplaren
Elogio della vecchiaia (2009) 2 exemplaren
Italia mia 2 exemplaren
Correspondance choisie (2019) 2 exemplaren
Libro primo (1991) 2 exemplaren
DİVAN (2012) 1 exemplaar
La letteratura italiana (2005) 1 exemplaar
Séjour à Vaucluse (2009) 1 exemplaar
Drobne wiersze wloskie (2005) 1 exemplaar
Mon secret_1_ere_ed (2019) 1 exemplaar
Il Petrarcha 1 exemplaar
Pjesme Lauri 1 exemplaar
Lyric Poems 1 exemplaar
The Life of Solitude (1924) 1 exemplaar
Selected Letters 1 exemplaar
Sonnets and Songs 1 exemplaar
Secretum de contemptu mundi — Auteur — 1 exemplaar
Selections 1 exemplaar
Le cose volgari 1 exemplaar
Il Conzoniere 1 exemplaar
Prose. 1 exemplaar
Soneti i kancone 1 exemplaar
Antologia 1 exemplaar
Poesie d'amore 1 exemplaar
Opere 1 exemplaar
Obra poetica (II) 1 exemplaar
Le rime ;bI trionfi 1 exemplaar
The Canzoniere 1 1 exemplaar
The Canzoniere 2 1 exemplaar
CANCIONERO -TOMO I 1 exemplaar
Opere italiane (1996) 1 exemplaar
Psalmi penitentiales orationes (2010) 1 exemplaar
Il Canzoniere [Song Book] (2010) 1 exemplaar
Sonets, cançons i madrigals (2011) 1 exemplaar
Poesías 1 exemplaar
Libri i kengeve 1 exemplaar
De Viris Illustribus (2010) 1 exemplaar
ˆLe ‰rime 1 exemplaar
Le Familiari Libro terzo (2004) 1 exemplaar
Le ‰Rime. Vol. 1 1 exemplaar
Le ‰Rime. Vol. 2 1 exemplaar
Kanzóny pro Lauru 1 exemplaar
Petrarch (3 vols.) 1 exemplaar
Il Petrarca 1 exemplaar
Cancionero sonetos y canciones (1901) 1 exemplaar
Obras I. Prosas 1 exemplaar
IL CAZONIERE 1 exemplaar
Epistole autografe (1968) 1 exemplaar
Poesía 1 exemplaar
Manifiestos del humanismo (2000) 1 exemplaar
Petrarca Sonetten,3 1 exemplaar
O cancioneiro 1 exemplaar
SONETOS DE PETRARCA (3) (1900) 1 exemplaar
Poesie d'amore (1994) 1 exemplaar
Lettere di viaggio (1996) 1 exemplaar
Dichtung und Prosa 1 exemplaar
Lettera ai posteri (1990) 1 exemplaar
Liber sine nomine (2015) 1 exemplaar
De viris illustribus. 1 (2007) 1 exemplaar

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Officiële naam
Petrarca, Francesco
Geboortedatum
1304-07-20
Overlijdensdatum
1374-07-18
Graflocatie
Arqua, Italy
Geslacht
male
Nationaliteit
Italy
Geboorteplaats
Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy
Plaats van overlijden
Arquà, Veneto, Italy
Woonplaatsen
Avignon, France
Rome, Italy
Milan, Italy
Venice, Italy
Opleiding
University of Montpellier
University of Bologna
Beroepen
poet
scholar
traveller
diplomat
Prijzen en onderscheidingen
Poet Laureate (1341)
Korte biografie
Francesco Petrarca or Petrarch is called the father of Italian humanism. His earliest years were spent in Tuscany. His father, a law clerk, moved the family to Pisa and later to Avignon, France, then a seat of the Papacy. He was trained at the universities of Montpellier and Bologna for the legal profession but disliked it as a career and instead devoted himself to literature. He took minor clerical orders and entered the service of Cardinal Colonna. It was at Avignon in 1327 that Petrarch saw for the first time Laura, the lady who was to be the inspiration of his famous love poetry. His work was admired throughout Europe and became a model for other writers such as Boccaccio and Dante. Both Laura and Cardinal Colonna died in 1348; Petrarch thereafter became dedicated to the cause of Italian unification, pleaded for the return of the Popes to Rome, and served the Visconti family of Milan.

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Zeer fijn, maar intussen clichés geworden; al is dat, zoals van Dooren schrijft, niet de schuld van Petrarca.
Zeer middelleeuws in zijn tweeslachtigheid tegenover de aardse liefde.
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bookomaniac | Aug 7, 2010 |
Zeer uiteenlopende stemmingen en invalshoeken; versmelting menselijk gevoelen en cultureel engagement.
Karakter: onzeker, twijfel, melancholie, egocentrisme.
Tegelijk: onwapenend eerlijk en ijdel; gepolijst met het oog op uitgave;
Over het algemeen fijngestemd; storend: eenzijdig antiek-romeins, niet Grieks.
 
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