Aleardo Aleardi
Illustration — Aleardo Aleardi Aleardo Aleardi (14 November 181217 July 1878), born Gaetano Maria, was an Italian poet who belonged to the so-called Neo-romanticists.
Aleardo Aleardi

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- Full name
- Gaetano Maria Aleardi.
- Born
- 1812 · Verona.
- Died
- 1878 · Verona.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Italy · Kingdom of Sardinia
- Occupation
- poet · politician · writer
- Education
- University of Padua
- Languages
- Italian
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Illustration — Aleardo Aleardi Aleardo Aleardi (14 November 181217 July 1878), born Gaetano Maria, was an Italian poet who belonged to the so-called Neo-romanticists.
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Aleardo was born in Verona in 1812 to an aristocratic family. His parents were Count Giorgio Aleardi and Maria Canali. He graduated in law at the University of Padua, where he met Giovanni Prati. He took an active part in the political events of the Risorgimento, particularly in the revolution of 1848, when he was sent by the Republic of San Marco to Paris in order to obtain the support of the French troops against the Austrians. His first poetic attempts follow in the footsteps of Manzoni, especially the historical narrative poem Arnalda di Roca (1844). This poem had the historical protagonist of a young woman who dies defending her honor: here we find the search for theatrical effects and dramatic color that is typical of the entire oeuvre of Aleardi. His first success was achieved in 1846 with the two Letters to Mary, in verse, in which the poet addresses a friend proposing a platonic love. It was an opportunity to express his belief in the immortality of the soul and pour out his emotional suffering in a spirit of romanticism. His extraordinarily successful career and popularity are due to his combination of idyllic and sentimental tones with historical and patriotic themes, as in Il monte Circello (1856), Le antiche città italiane marinare e commercianti (1856), and Raffaello e la Fornarina (1858). In the 1850s he was imprisoned twice by the Austrians: at Mantua in 1852 and at Josephstadt in Bohemia in 1859. After the unification of Italy, he became a member of parliament. In 1873 he was made a senator. He later became a professor of aesthetics at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence, where he died in 1878.

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1812
Aleardo Aleardi born at Verona.
1846
Lettere a Maria di Aleardo Aleardi (1846) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
1860
I tre fiumi e le tre fanciulle di Aleardo Aleardi (1860) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
1861
I sette soldati canto di Aleardo Aleardi (1861) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
1862
Canto politico in morte della contessa Marianna Giusti nata marchesa Saibante di Aleardo Aleardi (1862) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
1878
Aleardo Aleardi died at Verona.
1879
Epistolario di Aleardo Aleardi (1879) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
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