Giovanni Francesco Straparola
Giovanni Francesco "
Gianfrancesco"
Straparola, also known as
Zoan or
Zuan Francesco Straparola da Caravaggio (ca. 1485–1558), was an
Italian writer of poetry, and collector and writer of short stories. Some time during his life, he migrated from
Caravaggio to
Venice where he published a collection of stories in two volumes called ''
The Facetious Nights'' or ''
The Pleasant Nights''. This collection includes some of the first known printed versions of
fairy tales in Europe, as they are known today.
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