Giovanni Fiorentino was a 14th-century Florentine writer, to whom is attributed the work Il Pecorone ("The Simpleton"). This was a collection of short stories, purportedly published in 1378. However, this date is disputed.
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The attribution, given in the opening sonnet accompanying the collection, is supposed to be spurious although it is mostly retained for convenience.[1]
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- ^ Il Pecorone of Ser Giovanni, English translation by William Waters, 1897
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