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ABOUT THE ADMINISTRATOR
ABOUT ME
Marianna Iannaccone, born and raised under a more benign sky
Italy and London
Bachelor’s Degree in Foreign Languages and Literatures: Drama and Cinema
Master’s Degree in Foreign Languages for International Communication and Cooperation
Founder of John Florio’s official website
Researching John Florio and Giordano Bruno
February 2021 – New Book Release: “John Florio’s Italian & English Sonnets”
Currently writing “In his Pay and Patronage: John Florio’s Years at Titchfield with Henry Wriothesley” Release date: 2022
Why John Florio?
I’m interested in John Florio, his personality, life and works, and I believe much hasn’t been discovered yet about him. This website wants to share new documents and aspects of his personal life and career. I believe this is a time for ambitious, innovative works on John Florio and I think I’m in a place to contribute that.
My Books:
March 2021: “John Florio’s Italian & English Sonnets” | “I Sonetti di John Florio”
2022: “In His Pay and Patronage: John Florio’s years at Titchfield with Henry Wriothesley”
My articles on John Florio:
2021 – John Florio or Giovanni Florio? Johannes Florius!
2020 – John Florio’s holographic will: an analysis
2020 – Michelangelo Florio’s song to Cosimo I de’ Medici
2020 – John Florio, Italian ambassadors, & the wedding of Cosimo II and Maria Maddalena
2020 – John Florio & The Danvers-Long feud
2020 – “Draw if you be men”: John Florio, Saviolo’s ghost
2020 – The White Devil: Webster’s collaborative play with Florio
2020 – Did John Florio really want to be a teacher?
2019 – John Florio: erudite man or notorious magpie?
2019 – John Florio’s powers of rhetorical amplification
2019 – John Florio’s will: the original documents
2019 – A wild goose chase: looking for John Florio’s library
2019 – John Florio & Montaigne’s Essays: the annotated copy
Interviews:
2020 – Thinkery & Verse – Decameron 2020: John Florio&Boccaccio
2019 – That Shakespeare Life – John Florio & Shakespeare
Events:
2020 – Florence – John Florio event. “Shakespeare & Giordano Bruno: From translations all sciences had its off-spring.” – “John Florio’s lost portrait.”
2019 – Globe Theatre, Rome. “John Florio & Giordano Bruno”
If you like what I do and you want to support me, please consider buying me a coffee, thank you.