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Cino da Pistoia

Type Figure Region Italy Time 1270–1336 Also known as Cino

Cino da Pistoia was an Italian Tuscan poet and jurist of the late 13th to early 14th century, an important representative of the dolce stil novo scho…

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  1. 1270–1306Bologna · Emilia-RomagnaCino was born in Pistoia and later studied law at the University of Bologna while active in the local poetic scene. He produced many sonnets in this period, forming with Dante and Lapo Gianni a group of dolce stil novo poets known for delicate emotion and rigorous meter; Dante mentions Cino in the Purgatorio of the Divine Comedy.
  2. 1306–1336Pistoia · TuscanyAfter 1306 Cino served as a judge in Pistoia, Siena, and elsewhere, taking part in city-state politics and legal practice while continuing to write poetry and annotate Dante's Vita Nuova. His poems were studied by Petrarch and later poets; he died around 1336 near Pistoia or Siena.

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