Giacomo Leopardi Writer

Giacomo Taldegardo Francesco di Sales Saverio Pietro Leopardi (Italian: [ˈdʒakomo leoˈpardi]; June 29, 1798 – June 14, 1837) was an Italian poet, philosopher, essayist and philologist. Although he lived in a secluded town in the ultra-conservative Papal States, he came in touch with the main thoughts of the Enlightenment, and, by his own literary evolution, created a remarkable and renowned poetic work, related to the Romantic era.

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Giacomo Leopardi
Birth dateJune 29, 1798
Birth place
Italy , Papal States , Recanati
Nationality
Italians
Date of deathJune 14, 1837
Place of death
Italy , Kingdom of the Two Sicilies , Naples , Province of Naples (1806%E2%80%931860)

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