Masuccio Salernitano
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Masuccio Salernitano (1410-1475) was an Italian poet. He is believed to be the original author of Romeo and Juliet, which was turned into a famous play by William Shakespeare.
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- Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Masuccio_Salernitano" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masuccio_Salernitano, used under the GNU Free Documentation License

