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Agnolo Firenzuola (1493–1545)
Firenzuola, Agnolo (fē-rents-wō’lä) [Properly Girolamo Giovannini]. An Italian poet; born in Florence, Sept. 28, 1493; died at Prato or in Rome, about 1545. His works consist of burlesque poems; two comedies, including ‘The Shining Ones’; a translation of Apuleius’s ‘Golden Ass’; a didactic story, ‘Discourses about Animals’; ‘Dialogue on the Beauties of Women’; and ten “novels” mostly stories in the vein of Boccaccio. (See Critical and Biographical Introduction).