Giacomo Leopardi

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:philosopher
gptkb:Film_Director
gptkbp:associatedAct Literary criticism
Translation
Essay writing
gptkbp:associatedWith 19th-century literature
Italian_literature
gptkbp:awards none
gptkbp:birthDate June 29, 1798
gptkbp:bornIn gptkb:Recanati
gptkbp:deathDate February 14, 1837
gptkbp:diedIn gptkb:Naples
gptkbp:famousQuote “The world is a great book, of which they that never stir from home read only a page.”
“The most beautiful things are those that madness prompts and reason writes.”
“Life is a dream, and dreams are but a shadow.”
“The pain of life is the only thing that is real.”
“Hope_is_the_greatest_evil_that_can_happen_to_a_man.”
gptkbp:genre Lyric poetry
Philosophical literature
gptkbp:hasChild none
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Giacomo Leopardi
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Giuseppe_Giusti
gptkb:Marcel_Proust
gptkb:Friedrich_Nietzsche
gptkb:Alfred_de_Musset
gptkb:T.S._Eliot
Modern poetry
gptkbp:influencedBy Romanticism
gptkbp:inspiration Love
Nature
Time
Death
Human condition
gptkbp:knownFor Melancholy
Existential themes
Philosophical reflections
Nature and human suffering
gptkbp:language Italian
gptkbp:nationality Italian
gptkbp:notableWork L'infinito
Operette morali
Zibaldone di pensieri
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:philosopher
poet
writer
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Naples
gptkbp:spouse none