Carlo Gozzi
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Italian playwright
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Why Is Carlo Gozzi Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Carlo, Count Gozzi was an Italian playwright and champion of Commedia dell'arte. Early life Gozzi was born and died in Venice; he came from a family of minor Venetian aristocracy, the Tiepolos. At a young age, his parents were no longer able to support him financially, so he joined the army in Dalmatia. Three years later, he had returned to Venice and joined the Granelleschi Society. This society was dedicated to the pursuit of preservation of Tuscan literature from the influence of foreign culture; it was particularly interested in saving traditional Italian comedy such as Commedia dell'arte.
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