Vincenzo Monti was an Italian poet, playwright, translator, and scholar, the greatest interpreter of Italian Neoclassicism in all of its various phases. His verse translation of the Iliad is considered one of the greatest of them all, with its iconic opening becoming an extremely recognizable phrase among Italians.
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About this person
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1754 to 1828 · aged 74
Written about in
19 languages
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