Giambattista Basile wrote at a period when the terms of literature itself were being argued over.
The record lists Giambattista Basile as Italian writer (1583-1632).
Giambattista Basile was born at Giugliano in Campania in 1566. His recorded nationality is Kingdom of Naples.
Printing had made an author reachable by readers who would never meet them, and vernacular languages were displacing Latin.
He worked as writer, poet and children's writer.
The writing is recorded in Italian and Intermediate Southern Italian.
Among his best-known works are Pentamerone and Lirici marinisti by Giambattista Basile. Books outlive their reviews, and the ones that last are seldom the ones that sold best.
That the work was written from Kingdom of Naples matters: language, censorship and the reach of a publishing industry decide which books travel and which stay local.
Giambattista Basile died in 1632, aged 66. The books remain, which is the only durable form a writing life takes.
Achievements
- Notable work: Pentamerone
- Notable work: Lirici marinisti by Giambattista Basile
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