About
Sixteenth-century Italian poet who is most remembered for a 1580 work entitled La Gerusalemme Liberata.
Before Fame
His mother died under mysterious circumstances when he was young.
Trivia
He suffered from mental illness and was confined to an asylum in St. Anna for seven years.
Family Life
He was born into a noble family in Sorrento and was the son of poet Bernardo Tasso.
Associated With
His stay in a mental institution was the subject of Lord Byron's poem "The Lament of Tasso."
