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Torquato Tasso

Influential Italian poet of the late Renaissance period

Did you know?He suffered from severe mental illness and spent several years confined in an asylum, though he continued to write during his stay.

Torquato Tasso ( TASS-oh, also US: TAH-soh, Italian:; 11 March 1544 – 25 April 1595) was an Italian poet of the 16th century, known for his 1581 poem Gerusalemme liberata (Jerusalem Delivered), in which he depicts a highly imaginative version of the combats between Christians and Muslims at the end of the First…

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Age at death: 51
Years since death: 431

Born: March 11, 1544 · Sorrento, Italy
Died: April 25, 1595
Nationality: Kingdom of Italy
Known for: Literature, Scholarship

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Father: Bernardo Tasso

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