Ludovico Ariosto
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Ludovico Ariosto 🇮🇹

Ludovico Ariosto (Known as "Ariosto")
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Born Sep 08, 1474 🇮🇹 Reggio Emilia, Duchy of Ferrara
Passed Away Jul 06, 1533 Ferrara, Duchy of Ferrara
Lifespan 58 years old
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"Of ladies, cavaliers, of love and war, of courtesies and of brave deeds I sing."

Archival Overview

Italian Renaissance epic poet whose romantic epic Orlando Furioso wove chivalry, irony, and ottava rima into one of the most influential masterworks of world literature.

Biographical Record

Ludovico Ariosto (1474–1533) was an Italian Renaissance poet born in Reggio Emilia who spent his career in the diplomatic and administrative service of the House of d'Este in Ferrara, notably under Cardinal Ippolito and Duke Alfonso I. Despite heavy administrative burdens, including governing the bandit-infested Garfagnana region, Ariosto dedicated decades to literary composition.

His crowning masterpiece, Orlando Furioso ('The Frenzy of Orlando'), published in its definitive 46-canto version in 1532, continues Boiardo's Orlando Innamorato. Written in dazzling ottava rima, the epic weaves chivalric romance, magic, Renaissance humanism, and subtle irony around the madness of Charlemagne's knight Orlando over the pagan princess Angelica. It exercised immense influence on Spenser, Shakespeare, Cervantes, and Milton.

Key Life Milestones

1516

Orlando Furioso First Edition

Published the first edition of Orlando Furioso, instantly acclaimed across Renaissance Italy for its virtuosic storytelling.

1532

Definitive 46-Canto Edition

Published the final, polished 46-canto edition of Orlando Furioso, completing one of the supreme epics of world literature.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial
Biblioteca Comunale Ariostea Tomb
Ferrara, Italy
GPS: 44.8361, 11.6214
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