Francesco Pona (1595–1655) was an Italian medical doctor, philosopher, Marinist poet and writer from

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, whose works ranged from scientific treatises and history to poetry and plays.

Biography

A Veronese medical doctor and member of many academies, Pona was a prolific writer, producing medical and scientific texts,

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, literary translation, drama,

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, prose romances, and tales. He is best known for the horrific and macabre stories of ''La lucerna'' (''The Lamp'', 1625). ''Ormondo'' (1635), with its five insert-stories, offers an interesting blend of romance and novella traditions. In 1629 Pona published an Italian translation of John Barclay's '' Argenis''.

Works

*1620 ''Sileno overo Delle Bellezze del Luogo dell'Ill.mo Sig. Co. Gio. Giacomo Giusti. Pubblicato, con l'occasione delle Nozze de gl'Ill.mi Sig.ri Il Sig. Conte Francesco Giusti e la Signora Antonia Lazise.'' Angelo Tamo in Verona 1620 con licenza de' Superiori. This work brings first-hand information on

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of Giardino Giusti in Verona owned by the Counts Giusti, in fact, the apothecary and botanist Francesco Pona was also gardener Counts Giusti. *1622 ''Il Paradiso de' Fiori overo Lo archetipo de' Giardini.'' Angelo Tamo in Verona 1622 con licenza de' Superiori. This manual gardening is important to know first hand how to create a

of Giardino Giusti in Verona with

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choice and care of the plants, the garden owned by the Counts Giusti, in fact, pharmacist and botanist Francesco Pona was also gardener Counts Giusti. *1625 - ''La Lucerna'' - a dialogue reporting the imagined discussions over four evenings between a speaker-narrator and his student Eureta, allowing the author to tell a series of observations, stories, curious or memorable facts and the lives of modern, mythological or historical people, each of whom the author makes represent a specific behavioural trait or illustrate a particular moral teachin

* *1631 - ''Il Gran contagio di Verona''commons:File:Accademia di Belle Arti Bologna, GIARDINO GIUSTI (Verona Storia dell'Arte giardino all'italiana), Tesi di Diploma di Paolo Villa, A.A. 1993-94, relatori Eleonora Frattarolo e Fabia Farneti ed 2013 con immagini.pdf, Paolo Villa, GIARDINO GIUSTI (Verona Storia dell'Arte giardino all'italiana), Accademia delle Belle Arti di Bologna,1993-94, relatori Eleonora Frattarolo e Fabia Farneti, ed pdf 2013 with image *

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pona 1595 births 1655 deaths 17th-century Italian physicians Italian poets Italian male poets Italian dramatists and playwrights 17th-century Italian historians Scientists from Verona Physicians from Verona Italian male dramatists and playwrights Italian male non-fiction writers 17th-century Italian male writers Baroque writers