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Ugo Foscolo
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Italian writer and poet (1778–1827)

Also known as: Didimo Chierico, Foscolo, Hugo Foscolo, Niccolò Foscolo, Niccolò Ugo Foscolo, Oúgos Fóskolos

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Known works

  • Gli appunti per le Lettere scritte dall'Inghilterra (1975)
  • Last letters of Jacopo Ortis ; and, Of tombs (2002)
  • Letture di Lucrezio (1990)
  • Marzia Piacque tanto agli occhi miei-- (1996)
  • Die letzten Briefe des Jacopo Ortis