Domenico Tempio (1750–1821) was an Italian writer who mainly wrote in the Sicilian language or dialect. During his lifetime, he was considered a major poet, and was much praised, but after his death his work was largely forgotten, until a reawakening of interest following the second world war.[1] His poem La Caristia ("The famine"), describing a famine and rioting in Catania in 1797–98, is regarded as his major work.[2]
Domenico Tempio | |
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Born | Catania | August 22, 1750
Died | February 4, 1821 Catania | (aged 70)
Language | Italian/Sicilian |
Spouse | Francesca Longo |
Children | one daughter |