Italian Entry: Alessandro Manzoni

Alessandro Manzoni was a famous Italian writer. His most famous work is called:''I promessi sposi''. In English, it means ''The Betrothed''.

Manzoni was born in Milan in the year 1785. His father Pietro was a count and his mother Giulia was the daughter of the famous writer Cesare Beccaria. At the age of twenty, Alessandro Manzoni transferred himself to Paris. About that time, his father and mother divorced and Giulia went to Paris too.

In 1808, he returned to Milan and there he met Enrichetta Blondel. Later, they fell in love and married. Soon she died and Manzoni married Teresa Stampa, but their love was broken by her death. After that, even six of his eight children died.

After 1856, Alessandro Manzoni lived in Milan, where his life became adventureless, but Manzoni always followed the events of the ''Risorgimento''...