Gian Giorgio Trissino, Italian humanist, poet, dramatist and diplomat (born 1478)

Gian Giorgio Trissino

Venetian humanist, poet, dramatist, diplomat, linguist and philosopher (1478–1550)

Gian Giorgio Trissino, also called Giovan Giorgio Trissino and self-styled as Giovan Giωrgio Trissino, was a Venetian Renaissance humanist, poet, dramatist, diplomat, grammarian, linguist, and philosopher. He first proposed adding letters to the Italian alphabet to distinguish J…