Ugo Foscolo
Italian-Greek writer, revolutionary and poet / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Foscolo" redirects here. For the surname, see Foscolo (surname).
Ugo Foscolo (Italian: [ˈuːɡo ˈfoskolo, fɔs-];[1] 6 February 1778 – 10 September 1827), born Niccolò Foscolo, was a Greek-Italian writer, revolutionary and poet.[2]
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Born | (1778-02-06)6 February 1778 Zakynthos (Zante), Ionian Islands, Republic of Venice, now Greece |
Died | 10 September 1827(1827-09-10) (aged 49) Turnham Green, now London, England |
Resting place | Basilica of Santa Croce, Florence |
Pen name | Didimo Chierico |
Occupation | Poet, writer, soldier |
Language | Italian |
Nationality | Venetian-Greek |
Citizenship | Venetian (1778–1799), Italian (until 1814), Britain (1814–1827) |
Period | 1796–1827 |
Genres | Lyrical poetry, epistolary novel, literary critic |
Literary movement | Neoclassicism, Pre-Romanticism |
Partner | Isabella Teotochi Albrizzi (1795–1796) Isabella Roncioni (1800–1801) Antonietta Fagnani Arese (1801–1803) Fanny "Sophia" Emerytt-Hamilton (1804–1805) Quirina Mocenni Magiotti (1812–1813) |
Children | Mary "Floriana" Hamilton-Foscolo (from Fanny Hamilton) |
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He is especially remembered for his 1807 long poem Dei Sepolcri.