Carlo Goldoni

Carlo Goldoni
Goldoni c. 1757
Goldoni c. 1757
BornCarlo Osvaldo Goldoni
(1707-02-25)25 February 1707
Venice, Republic of Venice (present-day Italy)
Died6 February 1793(1793-02-06) (aged 85)
Paris, France
Pen namePolisseno Fegeio, Pastor Arcade
Occupation
Language
  • Venetian
  • Italian
  • French
EducationLaw
Alma materUniversity of Modena
Periodfrom 1725
Genre
SubjectHumanity, middle class
Literary movementClassicism
Notable works
SpouseNicoletta Conio

Carlo Osvaldo Goldoni (/ɡɒlˈdni/, also US: /ɡɔːlˈ-, ɡlˈ-/,[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]

  1. ^ "Goldoni". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Goldoni". The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (5th ed.). HarperCollins. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  3. ^ Goldoni, Carlo (1814). "XVII" (Google books). Memoirs of Goldoni. John Black (trans.). London: Henry Colburn. p. 331. Retrieved 6 September 2008.