biography
pronunciation:
[vayree]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1741–1816)
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| biography:
| Writer, born in Milan, Lombardy, N Italy. He lived in France and Britain before settling in Rome, where he was a contributor to the review Il Caffè. His works include the historical novel Le avventure di Saffo (1780) and the pre-Romantic Notti romane al sepolcro degli Scipioni (1804) which he wrote after the discovery of the Scipioni tombs. He also wrote tragedies, such as Pantea (1779), and translated Shakespeare. |
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