Ugo Foscolo

Niccolò Ugo Foscolo
Painting by François-Xavier Fabre, 1813
Born	(1778-02-06)6 February 1778 Zakynthos (Zante), Ionian Islands, Republic of Venice, now Greece
Died	10 September 1827(1827-09-10) (aged 49) Turnham Green, London, England
Resting place	Santa Croce, Florence
Pen name	Didimo Chierico
Occupation	Poet, writer, soldier
Language	Italian
Nationality	Venetian-Greek
Citizenship	Venetian (1778–1799), Italian (until 1814), British (1814–1827)
Period	1796–1827
Genres	Lyrical poetry, epistolary novel, literary critic
Literary movement	Neoclassicism, Pre-Romanticism
Partners	Isabella Teotochi Albrizzi (1795–1796) Isabella Roncioni (1800–1801) Antonietta Fagnani Arese (1801–1803) Fanny "Sophia" Emerytt-Hamilton (1804–1805) Quirina Mocenni Magiotti (1812–1813)
Children	Mary "Floriana" Hamilton-Foscolo (from Fanny Hamilton)
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Ugo Foscolo (Italian: [ˈuːɡo ˈfoskolo, fɔs-]; 6 February 1778 – 10 September 1827), born Niccolò Foscolo, was a Greek-Italian poet, writer, playwright and revolutionary.^[1][2]

Foscolo was a Neoclassicist, Pre-Romantic author.^[1]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Scotti, Mario (1997). "FOSCOLO, Ugo". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Volume 49: Forino–Francesco da Serino (in Italian). Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. ISBN 978-8-81200032-6. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
2. ↑ "Ugo Foscolo". Encyclopædia Britannica. 4 March 2024. Archived from the original on 19 March 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.