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Mar 29, 2024 · Giacomo Casanova (born April 2, 1725, Venice [Italy]—died June 4, 1798, Dux, Bohemia [now Duchcov, Czech Republic]) was an ecclesiastic, writer, soldier, spy, and diplomatist, chiefly remembered as the prince of Italian adventurers and as the man who made the name Casanova synonymous with “libertine.”.
TRAVEL. Who Was Casanova? The personal memoir of history’s most famous lover reveals a misunderstood intellectual who befriended the likes of Ben Franklin. Tony Perrottet. Contributing writer....
Aug 10, 2022 · Georgian. Giacomo Casanova is renowned as one of the most famous lovers in history. Indeed, in his autobiography, which details more than 120 love affairs with...
Jun 20, 2022 · By Judith Thurman. June 20, 2022. Casanova prided himself on being a man of letters; his memoirs represent his ultimate seduction—of the reading public. Illustration by Anna and Elena Balbusso....
Feb 7, 2023 · In 1725 a child was born in the Republic of Venice who would grow up to be Casanova, known for his lifelong obsession with the pursuit of pleasure. Wreathed in beauty and splendor, Venice in the...
Giacomo Casanova - born in 1725 to a couple who were actors, he was never able to completely cut all ties to the theatre. He once wrote that the stage captivated him just as much as the women he was unable to resist.
It is hard to distinguish between the writer Giacomo Casanova, born in Venice in 1725, and the protagonist of his monumental Story of My Life ("neither the story of a famous man nor a novel"), the multi-volume source of his fame as a symbol of unabashed, libertine sexuality; and it is harder still to neglect the countless other books and films t...
