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Giacomo Leopardi was an Italian poet who lived in the 19th century and was quite a name in Italy among philosophers and poets. He was a contemporary of English poets Byron, Keats and Shelly although he never had a chance to interact with any of them. He is one of the notable poets of the Romantic poetry movement, considered a part of the Age of Enlightenment, a period that began in the 18th century and dominated intellectual and philosophical thinking across Europe. He was born in 1798 in Recanati to a noble Catholic family that adhered to the papal law. Despite challenging financial circumstances, he has a pleasant childhood, something he described vividly in one of his poems, Le Ricordanze. Leopardi received most of his education from the priests, as was his family tradition, and soon discovered his flair for languages. He was proficient at an early age in Hebrew, Greek and Latin. His saw a good education as a means of leaving his small world and discovering the outside world but illness crippled his ambitions and dreams. He was forced to leave his studies and felt his parents lacked concern for his condition, feelings regarding which he poured into his famous poetic composition Appressamento della morte - Approach of Death. He did eventually make a trip to Rome but was disappointed by what he discovered there. He visited several other cities and it is during his stay at Florence that he worked on the Canti, which helped him establish his reputation as a poet, helped him earn a living and continue producing other works. He also wrote the Canzoniere. \r\n
\r\nHis style of writing was unique and lyrical. His verses touched on various topics ranging between philosophical, patriotic and amorous. The poems that won him national recognition were All\' Italia, Sopra il Monumento di Dante and A Angelo Mai. His tragic experiences with love that usually resulted in heartbreak for him, also inspired his poetry. The death of the daughter of his father’s coachman also affected him deeply and is said to be the inspiration behind his famous poem A Silvia. The longest poem Leopardi wrote was Ginestra after he settled in Naples in 1833. Giacamo Leopardi finally succumbed to an illness in 1837, leaving behind his lyrical poems that continue to be admired for their beauty and intensity.\r\n