Luigi Groto

Wikipedia: Luigi Groto, also called Cieco d'Adria or Cieco D'Hadria (the blind man of Adria) (born 7 September 1541, died 13 December 1585), was a blind Italian poet, lutenist, playwright and actor. Groto was born in Veneto and lost his sight eight days after birth.

Selected works include:

• Orazione (Orationi volgari et gelatin) (Venice in 1586 and more often, newly edited by Carlo Bocchi, Venice 1817)
• La Calisto, pastoral drama (Venice 1575), and the tragedies
• La Hadriana (Venice 1582),
• La Dalida (Venice 1583) and
• Isac, Rappresentation Nuova (Venice 1607), the comedies
• La Emilia (Venice 1572),
• Il Thesoro (Venice 1583) and
• La Alteria (Venice 1587); also: Canzone del morte nella clar. M. Agostin Barbarigo (Venice 1572)
• Delle Rime (Venice 1587), translations, letters (Famigliari Humanities, Venice 1616)

Link: Other Italian composers