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A prominent Italian writer of the 14th century, poet, scientist, prose writer, friend of Petrarch, admirer and researcher of Dante's works - this is not all that can be said about one of the founders of Italian literature, Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375).

The Decameron is a book of short stories containing one hundred stories told by young people in ten days (hence the title of the work - "decameron", from Greek - "ten-day diary"), stories about a person, his sins and victories, overcoming difficulties, love, joy, disappointments and hopes, in short - about life. In his last years, the writer, tired of the attacks of the church, was ready to recognise the Decameron as a mistake of youth, but his descendants called this "mistake" Boccaccio's most famous work, a world masterpiece that made his name immortal.