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. His poem La Caristia ("The famine"), describing a famine and rioting in Catania in 1797-98, is regarded as his major work.
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22 August 1750 Catania
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Died |
4 February 1821 (aged 70) Catania, Italy
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Zodiac | Leo |
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