What is Giacomo Leopardi?
[[Image:Leopardi, Giacomo (1798-1837) - ritr. A Ferrazzi, Recanati, casa Leopardi.jpg|thumb|right|Giacomo Leopardi]] '''Giacomo Leopardi''' ([[Recanati]] June 29, 1798 – [[Naples]] June 14, 1837) was an [[Italy|Italian]] poet, essayist, [[Philosophy|philosopher]], and [[Philology|philologist]]. He is considered one of the greatest poets of the [[19th century]]. Even if he lived in a secluded town in the ultra-conservative [[Papal States]], he came in touch with the main thoughts of the [[Age of Enlightenment|Enlightenment]], and, by his own literary evolution, created a remarkable, renowned and [[pessimism|pessimist]] poetic work,the Infinite {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Leopardi, Giacomo}} [[Category:Italian poets]] [[Category:Italian philosophers]] [[Category:Deaths from cholera]] [[Category:Infectious disease deaths in Italy]] [[Category:1798 births]] [[Category:1837 deaths]] [[Category:19th-century Italian writers]]