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Andrea Barbazza
Bornc. 1582
Died(1656-08-07)7 August 1656
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. He was first (1611-1613) in Mantua, at the service of Ferdinando Gonzaga, then, after a long stay in Rome (1624-1632), he settled permanently in his native Bologna, where he occupied important legal and administrative offices.[1] He was an expert on the code of chivalry and on questions of honour.[2]

On 26 April 1614 he married Countess Bianca Bentivoglio, granddaughter of Bianca Cappello, by whom he had a son, Ferdinando.[2] In 1648, after the death of his first wife, he married Countess Silvia Boccaferri, by whom he had two sons, Filippo and Bartolomeo.[2]

Barbazza was a member of the Accademia dei Gelati of Bologna, the Accademia degli Incogniti of Venice and the Accademia degli Umoristi of Rome.[2] He was decorated with the Order of Saint Michael by Marie de' Medici in 1612.[2]

Works

Barbazza was a friend and correspondent of Claudio Achillini, Angelico Aprosio, Pietro Della Valle, Giambattista Basile and Giambattista Marino.[2] Marino stayed often with Barbazza during his stays in Bologna.[2] He 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.[3] Barbazza wrote also a pastoral drama, L'Amorosa Costanza (1646), and a number of lyrics published in contemporary anthologies.[3]

Notes

  1. ^ "Barbazza, Andrea". Enciclopedia on line. Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g De Blasi 1964.
  3. ^ a b Slawinski 2002.

Bibliography

  • «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).