Giacomo Leopardi

Giacomo Leopardi (died 1837) was born in Recanati, in the Papal States, on 29 June 1798, the son of Count Monaldo Leopardi and Adelaide Antici. He educated himself almost alone in his father's library, where he studied the ancient languages, and relentless study ruined his frail health. He stayed in Rome in 1822, worked in Milan for the publisher Stella, lived in Florence, then settled in 1833 in Naples with his friend Antonio Ranieri. From 1817 to 1832 he kept a vast journal of thoughts. He died in Naples on 14 June 1837.

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• EssayMoral FablesOperette moraliGiacomo Leopardi · 1827LiteraturePublic domain