Alessandro Tassoni

Erminia Ardissino (Università Degli Studi di Torino)

Ed. by Jo Ann Cavallo, Columbia University
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.6.1: Italian Writing and Culture, 453-present.
Vol. editors: Carla Bregman (Independent Scholar - North America), Jo Ann Cavallo (Columbia University)

Dates

Born 28 Aug 1556
Died 25 Apr 1635
Activity 1583-1635

Places

Born in Italy
Active in Italy; Spain

Activities

Primary

Diplomat
Essayist
Poet
Satirist

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Born in Modena (at the time, capital of the Este duchy) of a noble family, Alessandro Tassoni attended the University of Ferrara, where he obtained his doctorate in

utroque jure

(civil and canon law) in 1576, and subsequently the universities of Pisa and Bologna. It is said that he spent his youth in idleness and studying. In 1597 he was appointed secretary to Cardinal Ascanio Colonna and moved to Rome, where he was involved in various missions to Spain as a diplomat (1600-1602). After this employment he returned to Modena, and only in 1618 passed into the service of Carlo Emanuele I, duke of Savoy, in Turin, where he lived until 1621. In 1626 he became secretary to Cardinal Lodovico Ludovisi again in Rome, and eventually in 1632 he returned to his hometown as “gentiluomo di belle…

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Citation: Ardissino, Erminia. "Alessandro Tassoni". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 09 February 2010 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=12733, accessed 04 December 2024.]