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Carlo Goldoni | |
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_Ca_Goldoni_Venezia.jpg) Goldoni c. 1757 | |
| Born | Carlo Osvaldo Goldoni 25 February 1707 Venice, Republic of Venice (present-day Italy) |
| Died | 6 February 1793 (aged 85) Paris, France |
| Pen name | Polisseno Fegeio, Pastor Arcade |
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| Education | Law |
| Alma mater | University of Modena |
| Period | from 1725 |
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| Subject | Humanity, middle class |
| Literary movement | Classicism |
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| Spouse | Nicoletta Conio |
Carlo Osvaldo Goldoni (/ɡɒlˈdoʊni/, also US: /ɡɔːlˈ-, ɡoʊlˈ-/,[1][2] Italian: [ˈkarlo oˈzvaldo ɡolˈdoːni]; 25 February 1707 – 6 February 1793) was an Italian playwright and librettist from the Republic of Venice. His works include some of Italy's most famous and best-loved plays. Audiences have admired the plays of Goldoni for their ingenious mix of wit and honesty. His plays offered his contemporaries images of themselves, often dramatizing the lives, values, and conflicts of the emerging middle classes. Though he wrote in French and Italian, his plays make rich use of the Venetian language, regional vernacular, and colloquialisms. Goldoni also wrote under the pen name and title Polisseno Fegeio, Pastor Arcade, which he claimed in his memoirs the "Arcadians of Rome" bestowed on him.[3]
- ^ "Goldoni". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ^ "Goldoni". The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (5th ed.). HarperCollins. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ^ Goldoni, Carlo (1814). "XVII" (Google books). Memoirs of Goldoni. John Black (trans.). London: Henry Colburn. p. 331. Retrieved 6 September 2008.