Luigi Mercantini was an Italian poet and writer, who took part in the movements for the Italian unification in the late 19th century.
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Luigi Mercantini was an Italian poet and writer, who took part in the movements for the Italian unification in the late 19th century. He is better known for his poem "La spigolatrice di Sapri", depicting the ill-fated expedition led in 1857 by Carlo Pisacane against the Kingdom of Naples, which was also translated into English by Henry W. Longfellow with the title The Gleaner of Sapri.
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1821 to 1872 · aged 51
Written about in
4 languages
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