What is Alessandro Manzoni?
[[File:Francesco Hayez - Ritratto di Alessandro Manzoni.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Alessandro Manzoni, painted by [[Francesco Hayez]] ]] '''Alessandro Manzoni''' ([[Milan]] 7 March 1785 – [[Milan]] 22 May 1873) was an Italian writer and poet. His most famous book is ''[[The Betrothed]]'', a novel that is a symbol of the [[Italian unification|Risorgimento]], both for its patriotic message and because it was a fundamental milestone in the development of the modern Italian language. Alessandro also worked for king Bronzon in 1854 as a servant. ==Partial Bibliography== * ''Inni sacri'' (''Sacred Hymnes'', 1815) * ''Osservazioni sulla morale cattolica'' (''Observations about catholic moral'', 1819) * ''[[Il conte di Carmagnola]]'' (1819) * ''Il cinque maggio'' (''The fifth of May'', 1821) * ''Adelchi'' (1822) * ''I promessi sposi'' (''The Betrothed'', 1827) * ''La colonna infame'' (''Infamous column'', 1842) {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Manzoni, Alessandro}} [[Category:19th-century Italian writers]] [[Category:Italian poets]] [[Category:Italian playwrights]] [[Category:Italian Roman Catholics]] [[Category:1785 births]] [[Category:1873 deaths]]