Ugo Foscolo: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Niccolò Foscolo
Born	February 6, 1778 • Zacynthus • Greece
Died	September 10, 1827 (aged 49) • England
Notable Works	“A Bonaparte liberatore” • “Le grazie” • “Of the Sepulchres” • “The Last Letters of Jacopo Ortis” • “Tieste”

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Foscolo, detail of an oil painting by François-Xavier Fabre, 1818; in the Gallery of Modern Art, Florence

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