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Vitsentzos Kornaros is considered to be the greatest of all the Cretan poets and one of the most significant and influential figures in the entire course of Greek poetry. The son of a Venetian-Cretan aristocrat and a scion of the noble Venetian family of
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Alternate spellings of his first name include Vincenzo, Vitzentzos or Vikentios.
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Not many biographic sources exist about Kornaros apart from the last verses of
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Monument dedicated to the Sitian poet Vicenzos Cornaros, work of the sculptor
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in his hometown of Sitia was officially named after him in January 15, 2015.
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In 1591 Kornaros became an administrator, and during the outbreak of
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Kornaros' "Erotokritos" was a source of inspiration for
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from 1591 to 1593 he worked as a sanitary supervisor.
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He wrote in vernacular Cretan dialect ( 117:Learn how and when to remove this message 476: 149:by Vitsentzos Kornaros (1713 edition) 7: 544:Ιστορία της νεοελληνικής λογοτεχνίας 537:Ιστορία της Νεοελληνικής λογοτεχνίας 55:adding citations to reliable sources 434:The Vitsentzos Kornaros Technopolis 409:Sitia statue of Vitsentzos Kornaros 385:and influenced Greek poets such as 288:), and was a leading figure of the 271:(March 29, 1553 – 1613/1614) was a 25: 368:, who wrote in Italian language. 624:Greek people of Venetian descent 614:Greek dramatists and playwrights 570: 551:Βιτσέντζος Κορνάρος, Ερωτόκριτος 31: 586:The Cretan school of literature 441:, connecting the Greek islands 42:needs additional citations for 1: 649:Cretan Renaissance literature 644:Modern Greek-language writers 553:, ed. 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