Mc vittorio alfieri biography

Italian dramatist and poet (1749–1803)

Count Vittorio Alfieri (, also,^[1][2][3]Italian:[vitˈtɔːrjoalˈfjɛːri]; 16 January 1749 – 8 October 1803) was an Italiandramatist and poet, considered the "founder of Italian tragedy."^[4] He wrote nineteen tragedies, sonnets, satires, and a notable autobiography.^[5]

Early life

Alfieri was born at Asti, Kingdom of Sardinia, now 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.

Mc vittorio alfieri biography

Cuneo). During his stay there he composed a sonnet chiefly borrowed from lines in Ariosto and Metastasio, the only poets he had at that time read. At thirteen, Alfieri began the study of civil and canon law, but this only made him more interested in literature,