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Giovanni Berchet


Born
in Milan, Italy
December 23, 1783

Died
December 23, 1851

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Giovanni Berchet (23 December 1783 – 23 December 1851) was an Italian poet and patriot. He wrote an influential manifesto on Italian Romanticism, Lettera semiseria di Grisostomo, which appeared in 1816, and contributed to Il Conciliatore, a reformist periodical.

Berchet was born in Milan. He participated in various nationalist activities, including the revolutions that shook the Italian peninsula in 1821. Thereafter, he lived in exile, primarily in Britain, until returning to Italy to take part in the revolutions of 1848. His works include Il trovatore, Il romito del Cenisio, and, most famously, I profughi di Parga (1821).

Lettera semiseria (Half-serious letter) presents the translations (written by Berchet) of two poems by Gottfried August B
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Ballate e Romanze

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Poesie politiche e romanze

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Scritti critici e letterari

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Opere

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