Dante Alighieri
Renaissance Dante in Print (1472-1629) is a collaborative effort between the University of Notre Dame, University of Chicago, and the Newberry Library making it one of the largest collections in North America.

Dante Alighieri on the Web
This contains information on his life, his time, and his work. It also has many of his books Online for you to read.

Ludovico Ariosto
A biography of this Italian poet who is best remembered for his epic poem "Orlando Furioso".

Mario Biondi
His novel Gli occhi di una donna was awarded the Premio Campiello, Venice in 1985. This site lists his novels, poems, and short stories with most of them in full text for you to read.

Giovanni Boccaccio
Read about the life and works of this extraordinary author. It is part of the DecameronWeb, which is an excellent site dedicated to his great masterpiece.

Giosue Borsi Italiansrus.com
This soldier, poet and journalist achieved great literary fame during his brief life. He is most remembered for his writings titled: "Spiritual Soliloquies" and "Soldier's Confidences with God."

Giacomo Casanova
Read his works and learn more about the life of the Venetian adventurer and auto biographer of the 18th century.

Umberto Eco
Author of Foucault's pendulum and numerous other works. This site contains a biography, list of works, and more.

Oriana Fallaci Our Paesani - Italiansrus.com
Fallaci, who first wrote in 1950 for the newspaper Il Mattino dell'Italia Centrale, was controversial from the start of her career. Never considering herself a journalist, she always infused her opinions into her work. "I am the judge. I am the one who decides," she once said, according to Bloomberg.com. "Listen: if I am a painter and I do your portrait, have I or haven't I the right to paint you as I want?"

Dario Fo
He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1997. This contains a chronology of events, bibliography, biography, and more.

Italian American Press
The Internet's finest selection of self-published books by Italian Americans and other Italian authors. Please stop and browse through their fine collection of books.

Giacomo Leopardi
This has a nice chronological look at his life and works plus other information on this author.

Niccolò Machiavelli
Step into the life of this political philosopher, historian, writer, statesman, and diplomat. It includes quotes, biography, doctrines and text to his book "The Prince".

Francesco Petrarca
Born during the 14th century he is regarded as the greatest scholar of his time.

Luigi Pirandello
Read his biography and the banquet speech he gave for winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1934.

Salvatore Quasimodo
This Italian poet, critic, and translator received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1959.

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