Many historians consider him the "modern man" because of his innovative poems focusing on individuality. ... Although Petrach is well known, today, for his poetry, he is also famous for his contribution to the humanist literary and cultural movement of the 14th and 15th centuries. ... He was responsible for discovering several texts and letters by the Roman author Cicero, who's Brutus became one of the most famous books of the time. ...

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