Antonio Abati

Antonio Abati (late 16th century-1667) was an Italian poet. We know that he was born in Gubbio, but the rest of his youthful biography is very vague. Abati was a satirical poet who wrote in the Baroque style. His book of nine satires was published in 1651.Around 1640 he was at Rome as a member of various academies, among which that of gli Umoristi (the Humorist), where he read "Ragguagli di Parnasso" ("Comparison with Parnassus"), dedicated to the bad poets of the times. Between 1634 and 1638, Abati was in Viterbo, where he made the acquaintance of Salvator Rosa.