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Jacopo Sannazaro or Sannazzaro (1458 - April 27, 1530) was an Italian poet, humanist and epigrammist from Naples. He wrote easily in Latin, in Italian and Neapolitan, but is best remembered for his humanist classic Arcadia, a masterwork that illustrated the possibilities of poetical prose in Italian, and instituted the theme of Arcadia , representing an idyllic land, in European literature: see the theme Et In Arcadia Ego. Sannazaro's elegant style was the inspiration for much courtly literature of the 16th century, including Sir Philip Sydney's Arcadia.
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