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an Italian writer, revolutionary and a poet.
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Born
6 February 1778 Zakynthos (Zante), Ionian Islands, Republic of Venice, now Greece
Died
10 September 1827 (aged 49) Turnham Green, now London, England
Nationality
Venetian-Greek
Occupation
Poet, writer, soldier
adultbasic
Italy
Children
Mary "Floriana" Hamilton-Foscolo (from Fanny Hamilton)
Citizenship
Venetian (1778–1799), Italian (until 1814), Britain (1814–1827)
era
1800+
Genres
lyrical poetry, epistolary novel, literary critic
Language
Italian
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)
Pen name
Didimo Chierico
Period
1796–1827
Resting place
Basilica of Santa Croce, Florence