Leopardi was an avid reader from an early age, spending much of his time in his father's library, and his aristocratic background gave him access to private tutoring ...

The filming of the Rai event miniseries "Giacomo Leopardi - Life and Loves of the Poet" by Sergio Rubini, produced by Rai Fiction with IBC Movie by Beppe Caschetto and Rai Com, has ended these days.

Extraordinary discovery at the National Library of Naples. A totally unpublished and "forgotten" manuscript by scholars of a very young Giacomo Leopardi, just 16 years old, was found in the Leopardi ...

In one of his notebooks from 1820, Giacomo Leopardi, the greatest Italian poet of the 19th century, wrote that “it is not enough to understand a true proposition; one must also feel the truth of it.” ...

THE pessimism of the Italian poet Giacomo Leopardi (1798-1837) has sometimes been explained, in part at least, by the facts of his pretty desolate life. His mother was an affection-free zone, whose ...

In September 1821, the Italian poet Giacomo Leopardi reflected on the nature of poetic language. Why do poets choose some terms and not others? Which words can be called “poetic”? In his notebook, ...

This handsome biopic succeeds in reproducing snippets of biography and spiritual anguish, yet suffers from academic didacticism and too many inconsequential scenes. Despite considerable enthusiasm ...

New Delhi: Google Doodle on Thursday celebrated the 225th birthday of the renowned Italian poet, philosopher, and scholar, Giacomo Leopardi. The doodle portrays Leopardi deep in thought, writing down ...