Giovanni Fiorentino was a 14th-century Florentine writer, to whom is attributed the work ''
Il Pecorone
''Il Pecorone'', often referred to in English as ''The Golden Eagle'', is an Italian novela written between 1378 and 1385 by Giovanni Fiorentino.
It was written in a style influenced by the ''Decameron'' of Giovanni Boccaccio, the Golden Legend ...
'' (''"The Simpleton"''). This was a collection of short stories, purportedly published in 1378. However, this date is disputed.
The attribution, given in the opening sonnet accompanying the collection, is supposed to be spurious although it is mostly retained for convenience.
[Il Pecorone of Ser Giovanni, English translation by William Waters, 1897]
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Italian poets
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Writers from Florence
14th-century people of the Republic of Florence