Veronica Franco
Italian poet and courtesanWikipedia
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Oct 8, 2026
Kathleen GonzalezGUEST
This is in the 1500s.
Kathleen GonzalezGUEST
Who's basically a contemporary of Veronica Franco, who's a much better known, you know, courtesan and poet.
Kathleen GonzalezGUEST
Stories are complicated, you know.
Kathleen GonzalezGUEST
Have you met people?
Monica CesaratoHOST
Big-
SimonGUEST
... of Veronica Franco because there was a Hollywood movie about her 30 years ago, but, you know, a lot of people-
Monica CesaratoHOST
Mm
SimonGUEST
... a lot of women from Venice who should be famous maybe aren't as famous as, uh, as, as they should be.
SimonGUEST
This is, so, I mean, you, you get a lot of, um, th- there's a whole load of, uh, impressive female writers, uh, in Venice.
Monica CesaratoHOST
Mm.
SimonGUEST
And obviously, you know, people have maybe heard of Veronica Franco, who's famous for-
Monica CesaratoHOST
Okay