Niccolò Ugo Foscolo | |
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 Portrait by François-Xavier Fabre, 1813 | |
| Born | 6 February 1778 Zakynthos (Zante), Ionian Islands, Republic of Venice, now Greece |
| Died | 10 September 1827 (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 |
| 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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Ugo Foscolo (Italian: [ˈuːɡo ˈfoskolo, fɔs-];[1] 6 February 1778 – 10 September 1827), born Niccolò Foscolo, was an Italian writer, revolutionary and poet.[2]
He is especially remembered for his 1807 long poem Dei Sepolcri.
- ^ Luciano Canepari. "Foscolo". DiPI Online (in Italian). Retrieved 13 January 2021.
- ^ Biography at Infotube