Antonio Rocco

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Italian writer and philosopher

Places

Italy

was

Philosopher Writer

Work field

Literature Philosophy

Gender

Male

Birth

1 January 1586 People who share this birthday

Place of birth

Scurcola Marsicana, Province of L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy

Death

1 March 1652 People who died on this day

Place of death

Venice, Province of Venice, Veneto, Italy

Age

66 years

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Biography

Antonio Rocco (1586 - 1653) was an Italian priest and philosophy teacher (he graduated under Cesare Cremonini), and a writer. Ever since 1888 when he was identified as its anonymous author, he is best known for his satirical homosexual text, L'Alcibiade, fanciullo a scola, written in 1630 and published in 1652.

The work was immediately suppressed, and only ten copies survived the attempts to destroy the whole print run. The survival of the work led to, in 1862, to its translation and publishing in Italian. Again the work elicited immediate condemnation. It was denounced by the police as a liber spurcissimus (a most filthy book) and largely destroyed.

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