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Italian Marinist poet and literary critic
Andrea Barbazza
Bornc. 1582
Bologna, Papal States
Died7 August 1656(1656-08-07) (aged 73–74)
Bologna, Papal States
Occupations
  • Poet
  • intellectual
  • civil servant
Spouses
Bianca Bentivoglio ​ ​(m. 1614; died 1629)
Silvia Boccaferri ​(m. 1648)
Children3
FatherBartolomeo Barbazza
Writing career
Pen nameRobusto Pogomega
LanguageItalian language
Period
Genres
Literary movement

Andrea Barbazza (1581/2 – 7 August 1656) was an Italian Marinist poet and literary critic.

Biography

He was born of a noble family in Bologna between 1581 and 1582. Between 1611 and 1613, Barbazza was first ‘maestro di camera’ and after ‘primo cameriere’ of cardinal Ferdinando Gonzaga. After a long stay in Rome (1624-1632), he settled permanently in his native Bologna, where he occupied important legal and administrative offices. He was an expert on the code of chivalry and on questions of honour.

On 26 April 1614 he married Countess Bianca Bentivoglio, granddaughter of Bianca Cappello, by whom he had a son, Ferdinando. In 1648, after the death of his first wife, he married Countess Silvia Boccaferri, by whom he had two sons, Filippo and Bartolomeo.

Barbazza was a member of the Accademia dei Gelati of Bologna, the Accademia degli Incogniti of Venice and the Accademia degli Umoristi of Rome. He was decorated with the Order of Saint Michael by Marie de' Medici in 1612.

Works

Barbazza was a friend and correspondent of Claudio Achillini, Angelico Aprosio, Pietro Della Valle, Giambattista Basile and Giambattista Marino. Marino stayed often with him during his stays in Bologna. Barbazza defended the poetry of Marino against the attacks of Tommaso Stigliani in his Strigliate (Scoldings), published in 1629 with the jocular pseudonym of Robusto Pogomega. He wrote also the pastoral dramas L'Amorosa Costanza and L'Armidoro (1646), and a number of lyrics published in contemporary anthologies.

List of works

Notes

  1. ^ De Blasi 1964.
  2. "Barbazza, Andrea". Enciclopedia on line. Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana.
  3. ^ Slawinski 2002.

Bibliography

External links

  • «Andrea Barbazza Bolognese». In : Le glorie de gli Incogniti: o vero, Gli huomini illustri dell'Accademia de' signori Incogniti di Venetia, In Venetia : appresso Francesco Valuasense stampator dell'Accademia, 1647, pp. 22–25 (on-line).
  • «Andrea Barbazza». In : Memorie imprese, e ritratti de' signori Accademici Gelati di Bologna, In Bologna : per li Manolessi, 1672, pp. 16–19 (on-line).
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