This is a relatively well-known figure in Italian history, similar to Li Shishi or Su Xiaoxiao in our country.
Veronica Franco (born in Venice in 1546) was an Italian Renaissance poet and the most famous prostitute of her time.
Veronica is the daughter of Pietrianas, an intellectual prostitute, who has learned the art of her mother since she was a child. In 1565, Veronica was included in the name, address and fee of the most prestigious prostitute in Venice.
In addition, she also devoted herself to philosophical studies. Her friends were poets and painters, and at this time were also portraits of Jacopo Tintoretto. Before the 1570s, she was one of the more well-known literary circles in the city, participating in discussions, contributing and editing poetry anthologies. Under the training of natural beauty and ability, she married a wealthy doctor in 1564. But the marriage was not happy, and Veronica soon left her husband.
In 1575, her love poem Terze rime appeared. In the same year, the plague broke out and she fled the city with her children. Two years later, she returned to Venice. In 1580, Veronica published her Lettre familiari, a varied essay [letter written when I was young], and two poems for King Henry III of France. The director's sonnet, she even established a brief contact with them in 1574.
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