Person · Open Library
- Born
- 16 January 1749
- Died
- 8 October 1803
- Works
- 275
Top works
- Opere postume di Vittorio Alfieri
- Opere di Vittorio Alfieri ristampate nel primo centenorio della sua morte ...
- Filippo
- Mirra
- Tragedie scelte di Vittorio Alfieri
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 14
- Total plays
- 126
Count Vittorio Alfieri (16 January 1749 – 8 October 1803) was an Italian dramatist, considered the "founder of Italian tragedy." Alfieri was born at Asti in Piedmont. His father died when he was very young, and he was brought up by his mother, who married a second time, until, at the age of ten, he was placed in the academy of Turin. After a year at the academy, he went on a short visit to a relative at Coni (mod. Cuneo). During his stay there he composed a sonnet chiefly borrowed from lines in
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