Sannazaro

Sannazaro, JACOPO, an Italian poet, of Spanish descent, was born at Naples, July 28, 1458. He attached himself closely to the court of Naples, and accompanied King Frederick III. when he took refuge in France (1501-4). It was during his absence that he published the Arcadia, a medley of prose and verse, which was greatly admired, and went through numerous editions (one at Turin in 1888). It has given its author the reputation of an Italian classic. Sannazaro died at Naples on 27th April 1530. Other works are Sonetti e Canzoni and De Partu Virginis Libri III., mostly written in Latin verse. See Tiraboschi's Storia della Letterat. Ital., and Life by Corniani (1806).