TWA Poet: Torquato Tasso

1544 - 1595

It’s the birthday of the poet who said, “Any time not spent on love is wasted.” That’s Torquato Tasso, born in Sorrento, Italy (1544), into a noble family.

In 1581, he published his most famous work, La Gerusalemme liberata, or Jerusalem Delivered, an epic poem about the Crusades. It was hugely popular across Europe, even as Tasso suffered from what is n…