COUNT ALESSANDRO MANZONI
\kˈa͡ʊnt ɐlɪsˈandɹə͡ʊ manzˈə͡ʊni], \kˈaʊnt ɐlɪsˈandɹəʊ manzˈəʊni], \k_ˈaʊ_n_t ɐ_l_ɪ_s_ˈa_n_d_ɹ_əʊ m_a_n_z_ˈəʊ_n_i]\
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A famous Italian novelist and poet; born at Milan, March 7, 1785; died there, May 22, 1873. He became senator in 1860. He was the leader of the Italian romantic school. His most celebrated work was the romance "I Promessi Sposi" (The Betrothed: 1827; English translation in Bohn's Library, 1883). He wrote also the allegorical poem "Urania" (1807), in honor of poetry; "Sacred Hymns" (1815); the great tragedies "The Count of Carmagnola" (1820) and "Adelchi" (1822); the famous ode on Napoleon's death, "The Fifth of May"; etc. (Latest edition of his works, 2 vols., 1875-81.)
By Charles Dudley Warner
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