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Giacomo Leopardi

1798 - 1837

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Count Giacomo Taldegardo Francesco di Sales Saverio Pietro Leopardi (29 June 1798 – 14 June 1837) was an Italian philosopher, poet, essayist, and philologist. Considered the greatest Italian poet of the 19th century and one of the greatest authors of his time worldwide, as well as one of the principals of literary Romanticism, his constant reflection on existence and on the human condition—of sensuous and materialist inspiration—has also earned him a reputation as a deep philosopher. He is widely seen as one of the most radical and challenging thinkers of the 19th century but routinely compared by Italian critics to his older contemporary Alessandro Manzoni despite expressing "diametrically opposite positions." Although he lived in a secluded town in the conservative Papal States, he came into contact with the main ideas of the Enlightenment, and, through his own literary evolution, created a remarkable and renowned poetic work, related to the Romantic era. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Giacomo Leopardi is the 658th most popular writer (down from 441st in 2019), the 826th most popular biography from Italy (down from 566th in 2019) and the 53rd most popular Italian Writer.

Giacomo Leopardi was a poet and philosopher who wrote in the late 1700s and early 1800s. He is most famous for his work "Il pensiero dominante" and "Il segreto".

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Among writers, Giacomo Leopardi ranks 658 out of 7,302. Before him are Irène Némirovsky, Jacob L. Moreno, Vicente Aleixandre, Bruno Schulz, Karl Kraus, and Émile Verhaeren. After him are Harriet Beecher Stowe, Ze'ev Jabotinsky, Ingeborg Bachmann, Francesca da Rimini, Alvin Toffler, and Gaius Valerius Flaccus.

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Among people born in 1798, Giacomo Leopardi ranks 8. Before him are Eugène Delacroix, Adam Mickiewicz, Pedro I of Brazil, Jules Michelet, Alexandra Feodorovna, and Charles Albert of Sardinia. After him are Josiah Warren, Marie-Caroline of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duchess of Berry, František Palacký, Mpande kaSenzangakhona, August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, and Alexander Gorchakov. Among people deceased in 1837, Giacomo Leopardi ranks 10. Before him are Charles Fourier, Hortense de Beauharnais, John Constable, Akbar II, Johann Nepomuk Hummel, and John Field. After him are Georg Büchner, François Gérard, Prince Frederick of Hesse-Kassel, Wilhelmine of Prussia, Queen of the Netherlands, Frederick Francis I, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and Adam Afzelius.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giacomo Leopardi ranks 826 out of 5,161. Before him are Pisanello (1395), Quintus Sertorius (-126), Charles Edward Stuart (1720), Princess Maria Annunciata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1843), Joachim of Fiore (1135), and Gian Carlo Menotti (1911). After him are Francesca da Rimini (1259), Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1769), Peter, King of Hungary (1011), Gaius Valerius Flaccus (45), Margherita of Savoy (1851), and Alessandro Algardi (1595).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Giacomo Leopardi ranks 53. Before him are Titus Pomponius Atticus (-110), Aulus Gellius (123), Poliziano (1454), Gabriele Amorth (1925), Giambattista Basile (1566), and Eugenio Montale (1896). After him are Francesca da Rimini (1259), Gaius Valerius Flaccus (45), Curzio Malaparte (1898), Carlo Gozzi (1720), Pietro Metastasio (1698), and Vittoria Colonna (1490).

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