Chiara Matraini, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Poet and writer
Date of Birth: 04-Jun-1515
Place of Birth: Lucca, Tuscany, Italy
Date of Death: 01-Jan-0001
Profession: writer, poet
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About Chiara Matraini
- Chiara Matraini (1515–1604) was an Italian Renaissance writer from Lucca.
- Primarily known for her love poetry, composed in the style of Petrarch, she also authored a number of spiritual prose and verse texts.
- Matraini wrote throughout her long life, publishing her last text, the Dialoghi spirituali (1602), when she was well into her 80s.
- Her many projects included genres that were uncommon for women writers of her time, such as an oration on the art of war, a translation from Latin to vernacular, and several didactic religious texts.
- Matraini's writing demonstrates an eagerness to compose in an authoritative voice.She was married to Vincenzo Cantarini, with whom she had one son.
- Her husband's early death apparently facilitated her active literary life.
- Her literary contacts included Benedetto Varchi and Lodovico Domenichi.
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