Alessandro Manzoni
Alessandro Manzoni | |
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| Senator of the Kingdom of Italy | |
| In office 29 February 1860 – 22 May 1873 | |
| Monarch | Victor Emmanuel II |
| Deputy of the Kingdom of Sardinia | |
| In office 17 October 1848 – 21 October 1848 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Alessandro Francesco Tommaso Manzoni 7 March 1785 Milan, Duchy of Milan |
| Died | 22 May 1873 (aged 88) Milan, Italy |
| Resting place | Monumental Cemetery of Milan |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Political party | Historical Right |
| Spouse(s) |
Enrichetta Blondel
(m. 1808; died 1833)Teresa Borri
(m. 1837; died 1861) |
| Children | Giulia Claudia (1808–1834) Pietro Luigi (1813–1873) Cristina (1815–1841) Sofia (1817–1845) Enrico (1819–1881) Clara (1821–1823) Vittoria (1822–1892) Filippo (1826–1868) Matilde (1830–1856) |
| Parent(s) | Pietro Manzoni and Giulia Beccaria |
| Relatives | Cesare Beccaria (grandfather) Massimo d'Azeglio (son-in-law) |
| Occupation | Writer, poet, dramatist |
| Writing career | |
| Period | 19th century |
| Genre | Historical fiction, tragedy, poetry |
| Subject | Religion, politics, history |
| Literary movement | Enlightenment Romanticism |
| Years active | 1801–1873 |
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Alessandro Francesco Tommaso Antonio Manzoni (UK: /mænˈzoʊni/, US: /mɑːn(d)ˈzoʊni/, Italian: [alesˈsandro manˈdzoːni]; 7 March 1785 – 22 May 1873) was an Italian poet, novelist and philosopher.
He is famous for the novel The Betrothed (orig. Italian: I promessi sposi) (1827), generally ranked among the masterpieces of world literature. The novel is also a symbol of the Italian Risorgimento, both for its patriotic message and because it was a fundamental milestone in the development of the modern, unified Italian language. Manzoni also contributed to the stabilization of the modern Italian language and helped to ensure linguistic unity throughout Italy.
He was an influential proponent of Liberal Catholicism in Italy. His work and thinking has often been contrasted with that of his younger contemporary Giacomo Leopardi by critics.