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The Italian Ludovico Ariosto () was the greatest narrative poet of the Italian Renaissance. His richly human masterpiece, "Orlando furioso," adds a native bent for narration to an exquisitely polished octave stanza.

Ludovico Ariosto was born at Reggio Emilia: when he was 14, the family moved to Ferrara, where his father, Niccolò, was in service at the ducal court of the Este family.

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Ludovico Ariosto, (born Sept.

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Ludovico Ariosto was a Renaissance poet and playwright, best known for his poem Orlando Furioso (Mad Roland).

Ludovi´co Arios´to, one of the most celebrated poets of Italy, was born at Reggio, in Lombardy, 8th Sept., 1474, of a noble family; died 6th June, 1533.

Five years later his father consented to Ludovico's abandonment of law studies in favor of literature. Ariosto was first employed at court in ; 2 years later his father died, leaving him to provide for nine younger brothers and sisters.

In he entered the service of Cardinal Ippolito d'Este, who sponsored performances of Ariosto's neoclassical comedies, Cassariain and I suppositi in His later comedies are the unfinished I studenti (), II negromante (), and the most successful of them, La Lena, performed under his direction in

In Ariosto met the beautiful Alessandra Ben