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Messina : Italy

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Famous people born in Messina
Antonello da Messina, Italian painter and genius of the Renaissance, was born in Messina in 1430.
Filippo Juvara also spelled Filippo Juvarra, Italian architect highest exponent of Baroque, was born in Messina in 1678.

Messina in Literature
Many writers set their works in Messina, among the others:
Giovanni Boccaccio – Decameron IV day V novel, Lisabetta da Messina – IV day IV Novel, Gerbino ed Elissa 1351
Matteo Bandello – Novelliere First Part, novel XXII 1554
William Shakespeare – Much Ado about Nothing 1598 – Antony and Cleopatra 1607
Molire Jean Baptiste Poquelin – L’Etourdi ou Les Contre-temps 1654
Friedrich Schiller – Die Braut von Messina 1803 (The Bride of Messina)
Silvio Pellico – Eufemio da Messina 1818
Friedrich Nietzsche – Idyllen aus Messina 1882 (Idylls from Messina)
Giovanni Pascoli – poetry L’Aquilone 1904
Elio Vittorini – Le donne di Messina 1949 (Women of Messina) – Conversazione in Sicilia 1941 (Conversations in Sicily)
Stefano D’Arrigo – Horcynus Orca 1975
Julien Green – Demain n’existe pas 1985

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