Carlo Belli
Abbot, literature, poet and translator
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| Intro | Abbot, literature, poet and translator | |
| Places | Italy | |
| was | Writer Poet Translator Abbot | |
| Work field | Literature | |
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| Birth | 1742, Venice, Venetian Province, Austrian Empire, Italy | |
| Death | 1816 (aged 74 years) |
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Carlo Belli (1742–1816) was an Italian poet and translator of contemporary German works.
He was born in Venice. He had become a Jesuit priest, but left the order when it was suppressed in 1773. Among his publications were:
- Della Messiade (1774), translated from the work in German of Der Messias by Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstok
- La quattro parti del giorno (1778), translated from the work in German of Der Messias by Justus Friedrich Wilhelm Zachariae
- Il Ventaglio, Venice (1782): poem written for Paolina Contarini on her marriage to Giuseppe Giovanelli
- Gli Ucelli, ejemplare alle cura materna, stanze morali (1817)