Andrea Maffei

Andrea Maffei ( born April 19, 1798 in Molina di Ledro, † November 27, 1885 in Milan ) was an Italian poet.

Maffei proved itself primarily as a translator German poet. Noteworthy were his outstanding interpretations of the plays of Friedrich Schiller in 1827. Maffei also translated Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust and Hermann and Dorothea, Salomon Gessner's idylls, Franz Grillparzer's Medea, Heinrich Heine's Almansor and Ratcliff. His transfers from English include John Milton's Paradise Lost, Lord Byron's Cain, poems by Thomas Moore and a few dramas of Shakespeare.

Maffei himself wrote poems, including Arte, affetti, fantasy (1864 ) and opera libretti, including 1847 texts to Macbeth and I Masnadieri for Giuseppe Verdi.