Antonio Francesco Grazzini (Il Lasca)

   Antonio Francesco Grazzini (1503-1583) was an Italian author, wrote several comedies, including La gelosia, La spiritata, I parentadi, La pinzockera, and L'arzigogola; also Le cene, a collection of tales on the lines of Boccaccio's Decameron. He was one of the founders, in 1540, of the "Accademia degli Umidi," and later of the "Academia della Crusca," societies, in which he passed by the name of "Il Lasca," his literary pseudonym.