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Italian writer (1457–1530)
Also known as: Iacopo Sannazzaro, Jacques Sannazar, Sannazar, Sannazaro, Якопо Саннадзаро, ياكوبو سانازارو
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- Latin poetry (2009)
- Arcadia, & Piscatorial eclogues (1966)
- Sonetti et canzoni
- De partu virginis (1526)
- Actii Synceri Sannazarii neapolitani viri patricii De partu Virginis libri tres (1740)