Stefano Guazzo (; 1530–1593) was an
Italian
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writer from
Casale Monferrato
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.
Biography
Guazzo studied law and thereafter worked for
Lodovico Gonzaga and other members of the family, for which he was active as a diplomat in
France
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and the
Papal States
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. In 1561, he and other colleagues founded the l
'''Accademia degli Illustrati'' in Casale Monferrato.
He died at Pavia, where he had moved to supervise the studies of his son.
Works
Writings by Guazzo include:
*'' The civil conversation'' (Bozzola, Brescia, 1574), a treatise in four books, in which, in the form of a dialogue between two parties (Hannibal and Knight), he addresses issues such as education and family and social life
online
*'' Dialoghi piacevoli'' (Bertano, Milan, 1586)
online
*'' Letters'' (Domenico Tarino, Turin, 1591)
online
*'' Choice of rhymes'' (Comino Ventura, Bergamo, 1592)
*'' The garland of Countess Maria Angela Beccaria'' (posthumous, Bartoli, Genoa, 1595), a collection of
madrigals
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by other authors dedicated to a noblewoman
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American author Sunny Decker takes the title of ''An Empty Spoon'', her account of teaching in poor
Philadelphia
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schools during the 1960s, from a quotation appearing in ''The Civil Conversation'': "I want to fil your mouth with an empty spoone: That is, to seeme to teach, not to teach."
[https://www.librarything.com/work/172111 and, separately, review of the cited volume]
References
* Gabriella Milani, ''Guazzo, Stefano'', in ''Letteratura italiana Einaudi'', Alberto Asor Rosa, ed., volume 19, ''Dizionario degli autori D-M'', La Biblioteca di Repubblica-L'Espresso, 2008.
External links
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1530 births
1593 deaths
Writers from the Savoyard state
Italian male writers
People from Casale Monferrato