Giovanni Berchet
Italian poet
- Lived
- 1783–1851
- Country
- Kingdom of Sardinia
Updated September 2026
About Giovanni Berchet
Giovanni Berchet was an Italian poet and patriot. He wrote an influential manifesto on Italian Romanticism, Lettera semiseria di Grisostomo, which appeared in 1816, and contributed to Il Conciliatore, a reformist periodical.
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