Italian Entry- Giacomo Leopardi

In Italian for antologia we are studying Giacomo Leopardi and other important authors and poets of that times. It was during the 1800's that poets like Giacomo Leopardi and other poets became famous. My favorite poet is obviously Giacomo Leopardi. He was a genius, he learned Latin, and Greek by himself, he wrote beautiful poems and everybody liked him a lot and admired him. Giacomo Leopardi came from a very rich family, unfortunately he had a very bad health and he couldn't go out of his house because he would probably get very ill and die. Leopardi loved nature and he loved also a girl named Silvia. She lived next door but when Leopardi goes to Florence she dies and he begins to think that nature isn't so good after all. He likes to travel and visits Milano, Bologna and Florence but he didn't make a lot of money and because of his health problems he always returned to Recanati were he had his parents to attend him. He died in 1837 in Recanati.