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Giacomo
Taldegardo Francesco di Sales Saverio Pietro Leopardi (29 June 1798 – 14 June
1837) was an Italian philosopher, poet, essayist, and philologist. He is
considered the greatest poet of the Italian nineteenth century and one of the
most important figures in the literature of the world, as well as one of the
principal of literary romanticism; his constant reflection on existence and on
the human condition - of sensuous and materialist inspiration - also makes him
a deep philosopher. He is widely seen as one of the most radical and
challenging thinkers of the 19th century.[2][3]
Although he lived in a secluded town in the conservative Papal States, he came
in touch with the main ideas of the Enlightenment, and through his own
literary evolution, created a remarkable and renowned poetic work, related to
the Romantic era. The strongly lyrical quality of his poetry made him a
central figure on the European and international literary and cultural
landscape.[4]
There have been suggestions in academic circles that Leopardi may have had
homosexual tendencies.[10]
His intimate friendships with other men, particularly Ranieri, involved
expressions of love and desire beyond what was typical even of Romantic poets.
He also wrote in his poetry of directing amorous attention on the younger
brother of a woman he admired. In 1830, Leopardi received a letter from Pietro
Colletta, nowadays interpreted as a declaration of masonic brotherhood.[11][12]
Leopardi's close friend
Antonio Ranieri was a Master Mason.[13].
In the course of his life, Leopardi had more than twenty-five sentimental
female friendships, such as the ones with Teresa Carniani Malvezzi and
Charlotte Napoléone Bonaparte[14].
Casa Leopardi, Recanati
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- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giacomo_Leopardi
- Dictionnaire historique des homosexuel.le.s célèbres – October 19,
2017 French Edition by Michel Larivière