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Born	June 25, 1789 • Saluzzo • Italy
Died	January 31, 1854 (aged 64) • Turin • Italy
Notable Works	“Francesca da Rimini” • “Il Conciliatore”
Movement / Style	Romanticism

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Aleksandr Pushkin

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Alexandre Dumas, père

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Zygmunt Krasiński

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Luigi Pirandello

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Carlo Goldoni

Italian dramatist

Pietro Aretino

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Salvatore Quasimodo

Italian poet

Vittorio, Count Alfieri

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Curzio Malaparte

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Giambattista Giraldi

Italian poet and dramatist

Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei

Italian dramatist

Ennio Flaiano

Italian author and critic

Federico Della Valle

Italian poet and dramatist

Ishmael Reed

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Pierre Marivaux

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