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Alessandro Manzoni
Alessandro Francesco Tommaso Antonio Manzoni was an Italian philosopher, poet, playwright, and novelist. He is best known for the novel The Betrothed, generally ranked among the masterpieces of world literature. The novel, published in 1827, is a symbol of the Italian Risorgimento for its patriotic message, and also because it was a fundamental milestone in the development of the modern and unifie…
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politics · Italian poet and novelist (1785–1873) · writer · poet · politician · novelist · playwright · also Alessandro Manzoni, Aleksandr Manzoni, Alesandro Mandzoni, Manzoni
Born 7 March 1785 · Died 22 May 1873 · Q1064
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2023· 5 entries
Il Fatto Quotidiano: Alessandro Manzoni celebrato a Milano 150 anni dopo la morte: convegni, mostre e una rievocazione itinerante dei Promessi sposi
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Sky: Alessandro Manzoni moriva 150 anni fa, Mattarella a Milano: "È padre della nostra Patria"
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Repubblica: Ei fu... Alessandro Manzoni. Sul nuovo Venerdì in edicola
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Ansa: Milano celebra Alessandro Manzoni a 150 anni dalla morte
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2022· 1 entry
MutualArt.com: Alessandro Manzoni
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2018· 1 entry
Avvenire: Alessandro Manzoni, il poeta e il cristiano
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1873· 1 entry
Died 1873-05-22.
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1862· 1 entry
And Della lingua italiana, which were published posthumously
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1860· 1 entry
King Victor Emmanuel II named Manzoni a senator
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1848· 2 entries
Career landmark: member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Kingdom of Sardinia (1848–1848).
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The ode expresses Manzoni's enthusiasm over the news of the Turin insurrection an enthusiasm that led him to imagine the triumphal entry of the Piedmontese into Lombardy
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1845· 1 entry
Teresa bore twins, one of whom was stillborn, and the other of whom lived only a few hours
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1844· 1 entry
Awarded Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order (1844).
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1842· 1 entry
The Storia della colonna infame (History of the infamous column)
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1838· 1 entry
On The Monthly Chronicle , Mary Shelley called Manzoni "a man of first-rate genius"
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1837· 1 entry
Married again, this time to Teresa Borri, widow of Count Decio Stampa
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1833· 1 entry
On 25 December 1833, Manzoni's wife Henriette died, a loss which was followed nine months later by the death of his eldest daughter, Giulietta, wife of Massimo d'Azeglio.
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1827· 2 entries
Manzoni began a thorough linguistic revision of The Betrothed
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Is a symbol of the Italian Risorgimento for its patriotic message, and also because it was a fundamental milestone in the development of the modern and unified Italian language
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1826· 1 entry
Manzoni befriended the Catholic philosopher Antonio Rosmini
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1823· 1 entry
Expressed agreement with the Romantics' condemnation of the use of classical mythology, slavish imitation of ancient authors, and normative rules such as the classical unities, but he rejected the excesses of northern
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1822· 1 entry
Manzoni had published his second tragedy, Adelchi, turning on the overthrow by Charlemagne of the Lombard domination in Italy, and containing many veiled allusions to the existing Austrian rule
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1821· 1 entry
Inspired Manzoni's powerful stanzas Il Cinque maggio (The Fifth of May), one of the most popular lyrics in the Italian language
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1819· 1 entry
Manzoni published his first tragedy, Il Conte di Carmagnola, which, boldly violating all classical conventions, excited a lively controversy
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1818· 1 entry
Had to sell his paternal inheritance, as his money had been lost to a dishonest agent
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1814· 1 entry
Manzoni settled with his wife in the house in Via Morone, Milan, where he continued to live until his death
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1812· 1 entry
Manzoni began a collection of lyrics known as the Sacred Hymns (in Italian: Inni Sacri), which were published along with other of his religious poems in 1815
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1808· 1 entry
Manzoni married Henriette Blondel, daughter of a Genevese banker
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1807· 1 entry
Joined the freethinking household of his mother at Auteuil, and came into contact with the group of philosophers known as the Idéologues, among whom he made many friends, notably Claude Charles Fauriel
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1804· 2 entries
Cuoco entrusted the nineteen year old Manzoni with the editing of his novel Platone in Italia
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Manzoni began to frequent the circle of Neoclassical poets gathered around Vincenzo Monti, whom he had already known and admired for some time before; Monti's influence is especially apparent in the poems of Manzoni's cl
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1785· 1 entry
Born 1785-03-07.
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