Giacomo Leopardi
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an Italian philosopher, poet, essayist, and philologist. He is considered the greatest Italian poet of his time and one of the most important figures in the literature of the world
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Born
Giacomo Taldegardo Francesco di Sales Saverio Pietro Leopardi 29 June 1798 Recanati, Papal States
Died
14 June 1837 (aged 38) Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
adultbasic
Italy
era
1800+
Era
19th-century philosophy
Main interests
Poetry, essay, dialogue
Notable ideas
Philosophical pessimism
Notable work
Canti Operette morali Zibaldone
Region
Western philosophy
School
Classicism, later Enlightenment, Romanticism