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Born: June 29, 1798

Recanati, Papal States

Died: June 14, 1837 (aged 38)

Naples, Province of Naples,Kingdom of the Two Sicilies

Occupation: Poet, essayist, philosopher, philologist

Nationality: Italian

Genres:Poetry, essay, dialogue

Literary movement: Romanticism, Classicism,Pessimism

Notable work(s): Canti

Operette morali

Zibaldone

Giacomo Taldegardo Francesco di Sales Saverio Pietro Leopardi (Italian: June 29, 1798 – June 14, 1837) was an Italian poet, essayist, philosopher, 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.

Giacomo Taldegardo Francesco di Sales Saverio Pietro Leopardi

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