Arnaut Daniel

Arnaut Daniel
Background information
BornRibérac, Périgord
OriginOccitania
OccupationTroubadour
Years active1180-1200

Arnaut Daniel (Occitan: [aɾˈnawd daniˈɛl]; fl. 1180–1200)[1] was an Occitan troubadour of the 12th century, praised by Dante as "the best smith" (miglior fabbro) and called a "grand master of love" (gran maestro d'amore) by Petrarch.[2] In the 20th century he was lauded by Ezra Pound in The Spirit of Romance (1910) as the greatest poet to have ever lived.[3]

  1. ^ Encyclopædia Britannica
  2. ^ "fra tutti il primo Arnaldo Daniello, / gran maestro d'amore, ch'a la sua terra / anchor fa onor col suo dir strano e bello." Trionfo d'Amore, iv, vv. 40-42
  3. ^ Pound, 13