Home › Entities › human › Giovanni Francesco Straparola

Giovanni Francesco Straparola

Italian writer and fairy tale collector
Person human Q387199
Giovanni Francesco Straparola
Unknown authorUnknown author · Public Domain · Wikimedia
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Summary

Giovanni Francesco Straparola was born on 1480[1] in Caravaggio[2]. He died on 1557[3] in Venice[4]. He worked as a writer[5], children's writer[6], and collector of fairy tales[7]. He ranks in the top 0.72% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (771 views/month, #7,251 of 1,000,298).[8]

Key Facts

  • Field of work: performing arts[9]
  • Notable work: The Facetious Nights of Straparola[10]
  • Sex or gender: male[11]
  • Commons category: Giovanni Francesco Straparola[12]
  • Given name: Giovanni[13], Francesco[14]
  • Pseudonym: Zoan Francesco Straparola[15]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Giovanni Francesco Straparola[16]
  • Described by source: BEIC Digital Library[17], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[18]
  • Languages spoken, written or signed: Italian[19]
  • Commons Creator page: Giovanni Francesco Straparola[20]
  • Birth name: Giovanni Francesco Straparola[21]

Why It Matters

Giovanni Francesco Straparola has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] He is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

Works attributed to him include The Facetious Nights of Straparola[24], a literary work[25], founded in 1550[26]; Ancilotto, King of Provino[27], a literary work[28]; and Costanza / Costanzo[29], a literary work[30].

FAQs

Where was Giovanni Francesco Straparola born?

Giovanni Francesco Straparola's place of birth was Caravaggio[2].

Where did Giovanni Francesco Straparola die?

Giovanni Francesco Straparola passed away in Venice[4].

What did Giovanni Francesco Straparola do for work?

Giovanni Francesco Straparola worked as a writer[5], children's writer[6], and collector of fairy tales[7].

Related Entities

Caravaggio

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . digitale.beic.it. digitale.beic.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [8] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Giovanni Francesco Straparola. Retrieved October 19, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/giovanni-francesco-straparola
MLA “Giovanni Francesco Straparola.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 19 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/giovanni-francesco-straparola.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_giovanni-francesco-straparola_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Giovanni Francesco Straparola}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/giovanni-francesco-straparola}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-19}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Giovanni Francesco Straparola — https://4ort.xyz/entity/giovanni-francesco-straparola (retrieved 2026-10-19)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/giovanni-francesco-straparola · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 14h ago · Epìdosis · 2026-10-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Search on line catalogue id → 21860
    Isni → 0000000110238010
    National library of korea id → KAC202108124
    Librivox author id → 11453, 12405
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Isni: 0000000385171812"
  2. 3d ago · Epìdosis · 2026-10-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['br', 'ca', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'he', 'is', 'it', '
    Sitelink count → 27
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-and-other-short:0||ru */ Cleanup: remove wikimedia refs; remove alias=label/mul ([[User:Difool/WikidataCleanup]])"
  3. 12w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Mietesheim
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q21363, Import ID Biblissima V2 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/74d891b831c|details]])"
  4. 15w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14585 → 51895
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14585: 51895, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782930557898"
  5. 16w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-06-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Edit16 catalogue author id → 8098
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Edit16 catalogue author id: 8098, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/107820159|Gianfrancesco Straparola (#107820159)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/4161|ED"
  6. 16w ago · Printstream · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14536 → 404009
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14536: 404009, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782462304762"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.