Lapo Gianni was an Italian

Italian literature

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 poet who lived in Florence

Florence

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 in the 13th-14th centuries. He was a member of the Florentine circle of the Italian movement called Dolce Stil Novo

Dolce Stil Novo

Dolce Stil Novo , or stilnovismo, is the name given to the most important literary movement of 13th century in Italy. Influenced by both Sicilian and Tuscan poetry, its main theme is Love . Gentilezza and Amore are indeed topoi in the major works of the period...

, and was probably a notary.

His composition are distinguished for lightness and originality. Of him eleven ballads and six songs remain. Lapo Gianni is also cited by Dante Alighieri

Dante Alighieri

Durante degli Alighieri, mononymously referred to as Dante , was an Italian poet, prose writer, literary theorist, moral philosopher, and political thinker. He is best known for the monumental epic poem La commedia, later named La divina commedia ...

 (to whom he was a friend, together with Guido Cavalcanti

Guido Cavalcanti

Guido Cavalcanti was a Florentine poet, as well as an intellectual influence on his best friend, Dante. His poems in their original Italian are available on Wikisource .-Historical background:...

) in the famous 9th sonnet of the Rhymes.