biography
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Guerrazzi, Francesco Domenico
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pronunciation:
[gwayratsee]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1804–73)
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| biography:
| Italian politician and writer, born in Livorno, Tuscany, W Italy. He founded the Indicatore livornese newspaper and spent time in jail because of his democratic ideas. One of the three members of the temporary Tuscan government during the 1848–9 revolutionary risings, he went into exile when Leopoldo II returned. He later became a deputy in the new Italian parliament and opposed the ‘historic right’. Among his literary works are historical novels, an autobiography, and a naturalist novel. |
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