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Giacomo da Lentini
Giacomo da Lentini was a notary at the court of the emperor Frederick II and the leading poet of the Sicilian School, which wrote love lyrics in a refined Sicilian vernacular. He is usually credited with inventing the sonnet. Dante named him as the representative of the school, and its poetry shaped later Italian verse, including that of Dante and Petrarch.
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