Английская Википедия:Giovan Francesco Maia Materdona

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Шаблон:Infobox person Giovan Francesco Maia Materdona (4 September 1590 – Шаблон:Circa) was an Italian Baroque poet and Roman Catholic priest.

Biography

Giovan Francesco Maia Materdona was a native of Mesagne in the Terra di Otranto, near Brindisi. He graduated in law from the University of Naples in the early 1600s.Шаблон:Sfn He attended the Accademia degli Oziosi in Naples through his acquaintance with its founder Giovanni Battista Manso.Шаблон:Sfn In 1621 he moved to Rome where he was admitted to the Accademia degli Umoristi.Шаблон:Sfn Maia Materdona is considered one of the most original of the early followers of Giambattista Marino.Шаблон:Sfn His poetry is characterized by the use of complex metaphors, hyperboles, and conceits. He published most of his works between 1624 and 1629. His Rime, published at Venice in 1629, went through several reprints.Шаблон:Sfn In 1638, he was ordained a priest. After ordination to the priesthood he devoted himself to religious poetry. In 1644, he published the Latin poem Ad beatissimam Matrem Virginem canticum rhythmicum. He also published a devotional treatise, L'utile spavento del peccatore, overo la Penitenza sollecita (1649), which was highly successful, and went through several editions.Шаблон:Sfn He died in Rome shortly after 1649.Шаблон:Sfn 24 of his lyrics are included in Benedetto Croce's influential anthology of Baroque poetry.[1]

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