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Giacomo Leopardi

Born on June 29, 1798

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Count Giacomo Taldegardo Francesco di Sales Saverio Pietro Leopardi (29 June 1798 – 14 June 1837) was an Italian poet, philosopher, essayist, and philologist.

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