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Alamanni,
Luigi
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Luigi Alamanni (sometimes spelt Alemanni) (6 March 1495 – 18 April 1556) was an Italian poet and statesman. He was regarded as a prolific and versatile poet. He was credited with introducing the epigram into Italian poetry.. Italian poet and statesman.
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Alighieri,
Dante
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An Italian Florentine poet. His greatest work is la Divina Commedia (The Divine Comedy).. Italian poet
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Ariosto,
Ludovico
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Ludovico Ariosto (8 September 1474 – 6 July 1533) was an Italian poet. He is best known as the author of the romance epic Orlando Furioso (1516). The poem, a continuation of Matteo Maria Boiardo's Orlando Innamorato, describes the adventures of Charlemagne, Orlando, and the Franks as they battle against the Saracens with diversions into many sideplots. Ariosto composed the poem in the ottava rima rhyme scheme and introduced narrative commentary throughout the work.. Italian poet
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Carducci,
Giosuè
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Giosuè Alessandro Michele Carducci (27 July 1835 – 16 February 1907) was an Italian poet and teacher. He was very influential and was regarded as the official national poet of modern Italy. In 1906 he became the first Italian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.. Italian poet and teacher
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Ciardi,
John
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John Anthony Ciardi (CHAR-dee) (June 24, 1916 - March 30, 1986) was an American poet, translator, and etymologist. While primarily known as a poet, he also translated Dante's Divine Comedy, wrote several volumes of children's poetry, pursued etymology, contributed to the Saturday Review as a columnist and long-time poetry editor, and directed the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference in Vermont. In 1959, Ciardi published a book on how to read, write, and teach poetry, How Does a Poem Mean, which has proven to be among the most-used books of its kind. At the peak of his popularity in the early 1960s, Ciardi also had a network television program on CBS, Accent. Ciardi's impact on poetry is perhaps best measured through the younger poets whom he influenced as a teacher and as editor of The Saturday Review.. Italian-American poet translator and etymologist
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Coletti,
Edward
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Ed Coletti is an American Poet and Painter living in the Sonoma County, California area. Born in New York, Coletti moved to Santa Rosa when he returned from the Vietnam War. He is a graduate of Georgetown University and completed a Masters in Creative Writing under Robert Creeley at California State University, San Francisco or San Francisco State University.. Italian-American poet
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D'Annunzio,
Gabriele
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Gabriele D'Annunzio or d'Annunzio (ennobled by the King of Italy in 1924 as Principe di Montenevoso; Italian pronunciation: ; 12 March 1863 – 1 March 1938) was an Italian poet, journalist, novelist, dramatist, and daredevil. His role in politics is controversial due to his influence on the Italian Fascist movement and his status as the alleged forerunner of Benito Mussolini.. Italian poet journalist novelist dramatist and soldier during World War I
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di Prima,
Diane
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Diane di Prima was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1934, a second generation American of Italian descent. Her maternal grandfather, Domenico Mallozzi, was an active anarchist, and associate of Carlo Tresca and Emma Goldman. She began writing at the age of seven, and committed herself to a life as a poet at the age of fourteen.. American poet
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Foscolo,
Ugo
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Ugo Foscolo (6 February 1778 – 10 September 1827), born Niccolò Foscolo, was an Italian writer, revolutionary and poet.. Italian writer revolutionary and poet
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Franco,
Veronica
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Veronica Franco (1546–1591) was an Italian poet and courtesan in 16th century Venice.. Italian poet and courtesan in 16th century Venice
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Giorgio Di Cicco,
Pier
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Pier Giorgio Di Cicco (born July 5, 1949) is an Italian-Canadian poet. In 2005 he became the second Poet Laureate of Toronto.. Italian-Canadian poet; second Poet Laureate of Toronto
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Giusti,
Giuseppe
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Giuseppe Giusti (May 12, 1809 – May 31, 1850) was an Italian poet.. Italian poet
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Guinizelli,
Guido
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Guido Guinizzelli (c. 1230–1276), born in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Northern Italy, was an Italian poet and 'founder' of the Dolce Stil Novo. He was the first to write in this new style of poetry writing, and thus is held to be the ipso facto founder.. Italian poet and 'founder' of the Dolce Stil Novo
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Leopardi,
Giacomo
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. Italian poet essayist philosopher and philologist
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Levi,
Primo
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Luzi,
Mario
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Mario Luzi (20 October 1914 – 28 February 2005) was an Italian poet.. Italian poet
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Mameli,
Goffredo
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Goffredo Mameli (September 5, 1827 - July 6, 1849) was an Italian patriot, poet and writer, and a notable figure in the Italian Risorgimento. He is also the author of the lyrics of the current Italian national anthem.. Italian patriot poet and writer
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Manzoni,
Alessandro
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Alessandro Francesco Tommaso Manzoni (7 March 1785 – 22 May 1873) was an Italian poet and novelist. He is famous for the novel The Betrothed (orig.Italian: I Promessi Sposi) (1827), generally ranked among the masterpieces of world literature. The novel is also a symbol of the Italian Risorgimento, both for its patriotic message and because it was a fundamental milestone in the development of the modern, unified Italian language.. Italian poet novelist
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Maria Boiardo,
Matteo
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Matteo Maria Boiardo (1440/1 – December 20, 1494) was an Italian Renaissance poet.. Italian Renaissance poet
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Marino,
Giambattista
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Giambattista Marino (also Giovan Battista Marino) (18 October 1569 — 25 March 1625) was an Italian poet who was born in Naples. He is most famous for his long epic L'Adone.. Italian poet
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Merini,
Alda
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Alda Merini (March 21, 1931 – November 1, 2009) was a renowned Italian writer and poetess. The President of the Italian Republic, Giorgio Napolitano, called her an "inspired and limpid poetic voice." She received the prize of the Italian Republic in the area of poetry. She was born in Milan and died there aged 78.. Italian writer and poet
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Miller,
Grazyna
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Grazyna Miller (29 January 1957 – 17 August 2009) was a poet, born in Poland. She lived in Italy, where she wrote poems and translates publications from Polish into Italian. She was also a literary critic whose work was published by the most prestigious Italian press media. Her most notable accomplishment wss the translation of Roman Triptych (Meditations) (Trittico romano (Meditazioni) for Pope John Paul II (Joannes Paulus PP II). This book was published by the Libreria Editrice Vaticana and, on March 6, 2003, presented by the (then) Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger.. poet and translator Italian–Polish
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Montale,
Eugenio
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Eugenio Montale (October 12, 1896 – September 12, 1981) was an Italian poet, prose writer, editor and translator, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1975.. Italian poet prose writer editor and translator; 1975 Nobel Prize in Literature
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Pascoli,
Giovanni
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Giovanni Placido Agostino Pascoli (December 31, 1855—April 6, 1912) was an Italian poet and classical scholar.. Italian poet
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Pavese,
Cesare
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Cesare Pavese (9 September 1908 – 27 August 1950) was an Italian poet, novelist, literary critic and translator; he is widely considered among the major authors of the 20th century in his home country.. Italian poet novelist literary critic and translator
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