Editing Venice (section)

=== Writing ===
[[File:Monument to Carlo Goldoni (Venice).jpg|right|thumb|140px|[[Carlo Goldoni]], notable name in Italian theatre]]

* [[Christine de Pizan]] (1364 – {{circa|1430}}), poet and court writer for King [[Charles VI of France]]
* [[Aldus Manutius]] (1449–1515), an important printer. He founded the [[Aldine Press]].<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle=Manutius |volume=17 |last1=Symonds |first1=John Addington |author1-link=John Addington Symonds |pages=624–626 |short=1}}</ref>
* [[Jean-Antoine de Baïf]] (1532–1589), French poet and member of [[La Pléiade]]<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle=Baïf, Jean Antoine de |volume=3 |pages=214–215 |short=1}}</ref>
* [[Veronica Franco]] (1546–1591), poet and courtesan during the Renaissance
* [[Paolo Sarpi]] (1552–1623), historian, scientist, canon lawyer, statesman, defender of the liberties of Republican Venice. His writings inspired [[Thomas Hobbes]], [[Edward Gibbon]], and the founding fathers of the [[United States]].<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle=Sarpi, Paolo |volume=24 |last=Garnett |first=Richard |author-link=Richard Garnett (writer) |pages=221–222 |short=1}}</ref>
* [[Leon Modena]] (1571–1648), author, poet and preacher, active in the [[Venetian Ghetto]]<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle=Leon of Modena |volume=16 |last1=Abrahams |first1=Israel |author1-link=Israel Abrahams |page=443 |short=1}}</ref>
* [[Carlo Goldoni]] (1707–1793), playwright and librettist, notable name in Italian theatre<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle=Goldoni, Carlo |volume=12 |page=213 |short=1}}</ref>
* [[Carlo Gozzi]] (1720–1806), playwright and champion of ''[[commedia dell'arte]]''<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle=Gozzi, Carlo, Count |volume=12 |page=305 |short=1}}</ref>
* [[Elisabetta Caminèr Turra]] (1751–1796), writer and translator of foreign plays
* [[Frederick Rolfe]] (1860–1913), English author of the Venetian novel ''The Desire and Pursuit of the Whole''