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Olympia Fulvia Morata

1526 – 1555

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Wikipedia Summary

Olimpia Fulvia Morata was an Italian poet, translator and classical scholar. One of the few women in sixteenth-century Europe who worked primarily in the classical languages rather than in the vernacular, she died in Heidelberg, having left Italy due to her Protestant faith.

Biographical & Professional Details

Date of birth
November 30, 1525
Ferrara
Date of death
October 26, 1555
Heidelberg
Occupations & fields
writerclassical scholarpoetscientistuniversity teacher
Field and occupation
Italská humanistická básnířka žijící v Německu.
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