Lapo Gianni (died after 1328) was an

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poet who lived in

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in the 13th-14th centuries. He was a member of the Florentine circle of the Italian movement called

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, and was probably a notary. His composition are distinguished for lightness and originality. Of him eleven ballads and six songs remain. Lapo Gianni is also cited by Dante Alighieri (to whom he was a friend, together with

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) in the famous 9th sonnet of the ''Rhymes''.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gianni, Lapo 13th-century births 14th-century deaths Italian poets Italian male poets