Giacomo Leopardi
Giacomo Leopardi Giacomo Taldegardo Francesco di Sales Saverio Pietro Leopardi Born (1798-06-29)June 29, 1798 Recanati, Papal States, now Italy Died June 14, 1837(1837-06-14) (aged 38) Naples, Province of Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, now Italy Cause of death pulmonary edema or cholera Nationality Italian Religion atheism Era 19th century Region Western philosophy School Romanticism, Classicism, Later Enlightenment Main interests Poetry, essay, dialogue Notable ideas pessimism Influences Lucian of Samosata, Homer, Epicurus, Epictetus, Lucretius, Torquato Tasso, Vittorio Alfieri, Ugo Foscolo, baron d'Holbach, Voltaire, Pietro Verri, Monaldo Leopardi, Pietro Giordani Influenced Vincenzo Cardarelli, Mario Rapisardi, Giosué Carducci, Giovanni Pascoli, Umberto Saba, Arthur Schopenhauer, Friedrich Nietzsche, existentialism, Emil Cioran, Eugenio Montale, Sebastiano Timpanaro, Albert Camus Signature Giacomo Taldegardo Francesco di Sales Saverio Pietro Leopardi (Italian: [ˈdʒakomo leoˈpardi]; June 29, 1798 – June 14, 1837) was an Italian poet, philosopher, essayist and philologist. Although he lived in a secluded town in the ultra-conservative Papal States, he came in touch with the main thoughts of the Enlightenment, and, by his own literary evolution, created a remarkable and renowned poetic work, related to the Romantic era. The depth of his reflection on the existence and the human condition makes him a philosopher of considerable thickness. The extraordinary lyrical quality of his poetry made him a central protagonist in the European and international literary and cultural landscape.