Giorgio Baffo
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Giorgio Baffo
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Plaque commemorating Giorgio Baffo on the facade of Palace Bellavite in Venice
Zorzi (Giorgio) Baffo (11 August 1694 - 30 July 1768) was an Italian poet and senator of the Venetian Republic.
Baffo was born in Venice. He was, like Ruzante, Carlo Goldoni and Berto Barbarani, a major writer in the Venetian dialect. He wrote many erotic sonnets.
Baffo died in 1768 in the Palazzo Bellavite, Venice.
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- 1694 births
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