Pier Angelo Fiorentino
Italian playwright, journalist and poet
About Pier Angelo Fiorentino
Lived 1811 – 1864 (aged 53). Pier Angelo Fiorentino was a French and Italian playwright, journalist, poet, writer, critic and translator.
Pier Angelo Fiorentino (Naples, March 5, 1811 – Paris, May 31, 1864) was an Italian writer.
Biography He early published novels, poems, and dramas, including La Fornarina and Il medico di Parma. Alexandre Dumas père, while at Naples in 1835, induced him to settle in Paris, and to aid Dumas in the preparation of works relating to Italian life, some of which, especially Jeanne de Naples, were regarded as the exclusive production of Fiorentino. Fiorentino wrote French with the same facility and elegance as Italian. He went to Paris with 150 francs, and left 600,000 francs, acquired by literary labors.
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Who was Pier Angelo Fiorentino?
Italian playwright, journalist and poet (1811–1864)
When was Pier Angelo Fiorentino born?
Pier Angelo Fiorentino was born on 5 March 1811 in via del Formale.
When did Pier Angelo Fiorentino die?
Pier Angelo Fiorentino died on 31 May 1864 in 9th arrondissement of Paris.
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Pier Angelo Fiorentino was a playwright, journalist, poet, writer, critic and translator.
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Pier Angelo Fiorentino was French and Italian.
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