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Torquato Tasso

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Birthday: 1544-03-11
Place of Birth: Sorrento, Kingdom of Naples [now Campania, Italy]
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Also Known As: Le Tasse, Il Tasso

Biography: Torquato Tasso was an Italian poet of the 16th century, known for his 1591 poem Gerusalemme liberata (Jerusalem Delivered), in which he depicts a highly imaginative version of the combats between Christians and Muslims at the end of the First Crusade, during the Siege of Jerusalem of 1099. Tasso...