Vitsentzos Kornaros or Vincenzo Cornaro was a Cretan Greek poet of the Greek Renaissance who wrote the romantic epic poem "Erotokritos". He was the leading figure of the Cretan Renaissance. Not many biographical sources exist about Kornaros himself apart from the last verses of "Erotokritos". It is believed that he was born to a wealthy family in Sitia, in 1553, and lived there roughly up to 1590. Wikipedia
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