Francesco Dall'Ongaro

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Francesco Dall'Ongaro
Born
Francesco Dall'Ongaro

(1808–1873)
NationalityItalian
Occupation(s)Writer, poet, dramatist

Francesco Dall'Ongaro (Italian: [franˈtʃesko dalˈloŋɡaro];[1] 1808–1873) was an Italian writer, poet and dramatist.

Biography

Born in

priesthood, but abandoned his orders, and taking to political journalism founded the Favilla at Trieste in the Liberal interest.[2]

In 1848, he enlisted under

republic in Rome, being given by Mazzini the direction of the Monitor officiate.[2]

On the downfall of the republic, he fled to Switzerland, then to Belgium and later to France, taking a prominent part in revolutionary journalism; it was not until 1860 that he returned to Italy, where he was appointed a professor of dramatic literature at Florence. He corresponded with Alexandre Dumas and collaborated with Niccolò Tommaseo.[3] Subsequently, he was transferred to Naples, where he died on 10 January 1873.[2]

His patriotic poems, Stornelli, composed in early life, had a great popular success; and he produced a number of plays, notably Fornaretto, Bianca Cappello, Fasma and Il Tesoro. Some of his work was translated into English by Theodosia Trollope.[4] His collected Fantasie drammatiche e liriche were published in his lifetime.[2] In 1863 Francesco Dall'Ongaro presented his Italian drama, The Resurrection of Prince Marko.[5]

References

  1. ^ See entry ungaro in the Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia.
  2. ^ a b c d  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Dall' Ongaro, Francesco". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 7 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 772.
  3. ^ Research, Serbian Studies. "Persida Lazarević Di Giacomo, "'TRŠĆANSKI KULTURNI KRUG': POJAM I ZNAČAJ ZA ISTORIJU I KNJIŽEVNOST SRBA (I JUŽNIH SLOVENA)", Serbian Studies Research, vol. 9, no. 1, 2018, 15-30" – via www.academia.edu. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ISBN 978-1135964931
    . Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  5. ISBN 9780804778497
    – via Google Books.

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