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Giambattista Basile

Born

in Naples, Italy

February 05, 1566

Died

February 23, 1623

Genre

Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Traditional

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Born to a Neapolitan middle-class family, Basile was, during his career, a courtier and soldier to various Italian princes, including the doge of Venice. According to Benedetto Croce he was born in 1575, while other sources have February 1566. In Venice he began to write poetry. Later he returned to Naples to serve as a courtier under the patronage of Don Marino II Caracciolo, prince of Avellino, to whom he dedicated his idyll L’Aretusa (1618). By the time of his death he had reached the rank of "count" Conte di Torrone.

Basile's earliest known literary production is from 1604 in the form of a preface to the Vaiasseide of his friend the Neapolitan writer Giulio Cesare Cortese. The following year his villanella Smorza crudel amore was set to ...more

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	The Tale of Tales, or Entertainment for Little Ones by Giambattista Basile, Jack D. Zipes (Foreword), Nancy L. Canepa (Translator), Warwick Goble (Illustrator), Carmelo Lettere (Illustrator) 3.89 avg rating — 922 ratings — published 1634 — 307 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	L'altra metà delle fiabe by Giambattista Basile, Charles Perrault, Antonella Castello (Editor) 3.81 avg rating — 582 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sun, Moon and Talia 2.93 avg rating — 286 ratings — published 1634 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Petrosinella: A Neapolitan Rapunzel by Giambattista Basile, Diane Stanley (Illustrator) 3.89 avg rating — 150 ratings — published 1636 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Zezolla, The Cat Cinderella: An Italian Fairytale by Giambattista Basile, Rachel Louise Lawrence (Goodreads Author) (Adapted By), John Edward Taylor (Translator) 3.36 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 1634 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La gatta Cenerentola e altre fiabe by Giambattista Basile, Michele Rak (Translator) 3.85 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1936 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Котаракът в чизми by Giambattista Basile, Джамбатиста Базил, Charles Perrault 4.06 avg rating — 17 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cuentos de Hadas: En su versión más triste (Cuentos Clásicos nº 1) (Spanish Edition) by Giambattista Basile, Charles Perrault, Wilhem Grimm 4.30 avg rating — 10 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lo Cunto De Li Cunti, Vol. 1: IL Pentamerone really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La pulce, la cerva e la vecchia scorticata: Tre fiabe da Lo cunto dei li cunti by Giambattista Basile, Giambattista Basile 3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“In a few years, the date-tree had grown as tall as a woman, and out of it came a Fairy, who said to Zezolla, "What do you wish for?”
― Giambattista Basile, Zezolla, The Cat Cinderella: An Italian Fairytale

tags: cat, cenerentola, cinderella, date, fairy, tree, zezolla

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“...the Moon, the enemy of poets...

("Merchant's Two Sons")”
― Giambattista Basile, Spells of Enchantment: The Wondrous Fairy Tales of Western Culture

tags: moon, poet, poetry

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“Thus, after all these storms of fate, they experienced the truth that— "One hour in port, the sailor, freed from fears, Forgets the tempests of a hundred years.”
― Giambattista Basile, Pentamerone. English

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