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Vittorio Alfieri

Also known as Count Vittorio Alfieri, Alfieri

Italian noble, dramatist and poet (1749–1803)

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Vittorio Alfieri was an Italian playwright, poet, writer, and actor associated with the Classicism movement. Born in Asti in 1749, he held the noble title of count and spoke both Italian and French. His literary output includes works such as *Filippo*, *Mirra*, and *Opere postume di Vittorio Alfieri*. He maintained an unmarried partnership with Princess Louise of Stolberg-Gedern.

Alfieri died in Florence on 8 October 1803 from heart failure due to natural causes. He is buried in the Basilica of Santa Croce. His writings have been described in sources including *Encyclopædia Britannica* 11th edition and *Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary*.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 16 January 1749
Died: 8 October 1803
Works: 275

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Opere postume di Vittorio Alfieri
Opere di Vittorio Alfieri ristampate nel primo centenorio della sua morte ...
Filippo
Mirra
Tragedie scelte di Vittorio Alfieri

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Country: Italy
Active from: 1749
Active to: 1803

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 14
Total plays: 126

Count Vittorio Alfieri (16 January 1749 – 8 October 1803) was an Italian dramatist, considered the "founder of Italian tragedy." Alfieri was born at Asti in Piedmont. His father died when he was very young, and he was brought up by his mother, who married a second time, until, at the age of ten, he was placed in the academy of Turin. After a year at the academy, he went on a short visit to a relative at Coni (mod. Cuneo). During his stay there he composed a sonnet chiefly borrowed from lines in

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

<i>Planck</i> 2018 results
· 2020 · cited 13,346x
High-yield production of graphene by liquid-phase exfoliation of graphite
· 2008 · cited 5,795x
<i>Planck</i>2013 results. XVI. Cosmological parameters
· 2014 · cited 5,036x
2017 ESC/EACTS Guidelines for the management of valvular heart disease
· 2017 · cited 4,834x
Erlotinib versus standard chemotherapy as first-line treatment for European patients with advanced EGFR mutation-positive non-small-cell lung cancer (EURTAC): a multicentre, open-label, randomised phase 3 trial
· 2012 · cited 4,417x

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Quotes

“Volli, sempre volli, fortissimamente volli.”
“Non nella pena,Nel delitto è la infamia.”
“Usurpator diffida Di tutti sempre.”
“A giurar presti i mentitor son sempre.”
“Ove son leggi,Tremar non dee chi leggi non infranse.”
“J'avais vu les grands, mais je n'avais pas vu les petits.”

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Works in European collections

36 objects attributed to Vittorio Alfieri, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

Count Vittorio Amedeo Alfieri (/ˌælfiˈɛəri/, also US: /ɑːlˈfjɛri/, Italian: [vitˈtɔːrjo alˈfjɛːri]; 16 January 1749 – 8 October 1803) was an Italian dramatist and poet, considered the "founder of Italian tragedy." He wrote nineteen tragedies, sonnets, satires, a notable autobiography, and translated Virgil and other works from Latin and Greek. Alfieri's work exerted a profound influence on British Romantic poetry.

Early life

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