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Straparola, Giovanni Francesco

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Straparola, Giovanni Francesco (c. 1480-c. 1557)

Italian writer. He is chiefly remembered for his Piacevolinotti. This comprised a series of tales modelled on Boccaccio's Decameron. These provided sources for Shakespeare and Molière, among other writers, and also contained stories such as ‘Beauty and the Beast’ and ‘Puss in Boots’. Straparola was born in Caravaggio, Italy.
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