Giovanni Boccaccio · Geoffrey Chaucer Were Giovanni Boccaccio and Geoffrey Chaucer alive at the same time? Yes. Giovanni Boccaccio and Geoffrey Chaucer were alive at the same time, from c. 1343 to 1375. Giovanni BoccaccioItalian author and poetBorn 1313 · died 21 December 1375, aged 61 or 62Geoffrey Chaucer14th century English poet and authorBorn c. 1343 · died c. 1400 Marco PoloDante AlighieriIbn BattutaPetrarchGiovanni BoccaccioHafezIbn KhaldunTimurGeoffrey Chaucer Giovanni Boccaccio and Geoffrey Chaucer in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries. Drag across to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.