Isotta Nogarola (1418-1466) was an Italian writer and intellectual who is said to be the first major female humanist and one of the most important humanists of the Italian Renaissance.
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Isotta Nogarola (1418-1466) was an Italian writer and intellectual who is said to be the first major female humanist and one of the most important humanists of the Italian Renaissance. She inspired generations of artists and writers, among them Lauro Quirini and Ludovico Foscarini, and contributed to a centuries-long debate in Europe on gender and the nature of women.
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Writers
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Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1418 to 1466 · aged 48
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17 languages
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