Pietro Aretino (US/ˌɑːrɪˈtiːnoʊ,ˌær-/,[1][2]Italia:[ˈpjɛːtroareˈtiːno]; 19 atau 20 April 1492[3] – 21 Oktober 1556) adalah seorang penulis, pembuat sandiwara, penyair, satiris dan pembuat surat gelap asal Italia. Ia banyak mempengaruhi seni rupa dan politik kontemporer.
Elise Boillet, "L'Aretin et les papes de son temps" in: Florence Alazard et Frank La Brasca (eds), La Papauté à la Renaissance (Paris, Editions Honoré Champion, 2007) (Travaux du Centre d'Études Supérieures de la Renaissance de Tours, 12), pp. 324–63
Peter Brand, Charles Peter Brand and Lino Pertile, The Cambridge History of Italian Literature (Cambridge University Press, 1999) ISBN978-0-521-66622-0
Danny Chaplin, Pietro Aretino: The First Modern (Singapore, 2017) ISBN978-1546393535
James Cleugh, 1965. The Divine Aretino Pietro of Arezzo, 1492–1556, A Biography
Luba Freedman and Pietro Aretino, Titian's Portraits Through Aretino's Lens (Pennsylvania State University Press, 1995) ISBN978-0-271-01339-8
Robert Greene, The 48 Laws of Power (Viking Penguin, 1998) ISBN0-14-028019-7
Edward Hutton, 1922. Pietro Aretino: The Scourge of Princes
Rictor Norton (ed.) My Dear Boy: Gay Love Letters through the Centuries (Leyland Publications, San Francisco, 1998)