Ippolito Nievo

1831 - 1861

photo credits: Wikimedia Commons

country of citizenship: Austrian Empire

languages spoken, written or signed: Italian

educated at: University of Padua, University of Pavia

occupation: writer, journalist, science fiction writer, poet, Garibaldino

award received: Commemoration Medal for the thousand of Marsala

official website: www.fondazionenievo.it/it

Ippolito Nievo (Italian pronunciation: [ipˈpɔːlito ˈnjɛːvo; ˈnjeː-]; 30 November 1831 – 4 March 1861) was an Italian writer, journalist and patriot. His Confessions of an Italian is widely considered the most important novel about the Italian Risorgimento. Source: Wikipedia (en)