Giambattista Basile
Giovanni Battista Biagio Basile
CountryItaly
LanguagesNeapolitan, Italian
Dates1566 — 1632
renaissance
Giambattista Basile was an Italian poet, courtier, and fairy tale collector. His collections include the oldest recorded forms of many well-known European fairy tales. He is chiefly remembered for writing the collection of Neapolitan fairy tales known as Il Pentamerone.— Wikipedia
Also used the pseudonym "Gian Alesio Abbattutis."
