biography
| name: |
de Rossi, Giovanni Gherardo
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pronunciation:
[day rosee]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1754–1827)
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| biography:
| Poet and playwright, born in Rome, Latium, Italy. He wrote a number of neoclassical poems, such as Favole (1788), and 16 plays, including Il cortigiano onesto and Le sorelle rivali, which take after Molière and Goldoni and display a tone which is both satirical and polemic. |
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