Guido Cavalcanti
Italian poet (1258-1300) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Guido Cavalcanti (1259 – August 1300) was an Italian poet from Florence.[1] He was the best friend of Dante Alighieri as well as an influence on his thinking.[2] Cavalcanti is one of the most important poets of Dolce stil novo,[3] and he is widely regarded as the first major poet of Italian literature.