Boccaccio was a promoter of whose work?
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Answer
Dante Alighieri, the renowned Italian poet and author of the Divine Comedy, found a staunch advocate and promoter in Giovanni Boccaccio, a younger contemporary and fellow writer during the Italian Renaissance. Boccaccio deeply admired Dante's literary genius and recognized his immense contribution to Italian literature.
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