Giuseppe Gioachino Belli

Giuseppe Gioachino Belli ( born September 7, 1791 in Rome, † December 21, 1863 ) was an Italian poet. He became famous for his sonnets in the Roman dialect.

Giuseppe Gioachino Belli came from the lower middle class Roman. His father died of cholera or typhoid shortly after he had received a job in Civitavecchia. His mother returned with the three sons to Rome, where the family lived in poverty

The marriage of a wealthy woman Belli allowed the formation of his literary skills. 1824 the son of Ciro was born. Belli has traveled to northern and central Italy. In Milan he learned the local dialect poetry and satire know that was from Carlo Porta (1775-1821) further developed. This was a model for his own sonnets in the Roman dialect.

Bellis sonnets were indeed satirical and anti- clerical, but remained his lifelong political views largely conservative. During the revolt of the Roman Republic in 1849, he defended the rights of the Pope.

After the death of his wife in 1837 Bellis situation deteriorated again. In later years he lost much of its vitality and described himself as a "dead poets". His last dialect sonnet he wrote in 1849.

In his later years Belli worked as an artistic and political censor for the papal government. He disabled the circulation of works of William Shakespeare, Giuseppe Verdi and Gioachino Rossini in Rome.

Giuseppe Gioachino Belli died following a stroke. His nephew, the painter Guglielmo Janni (1892-1958) wrote a monumental biography in 10 volumes about him that was published posthumously in 1967.

A selection of his sonnets was translated into German by Otto Ernst skirt. On 2 May 2013, the Vatican on the occasion of the 150th year of death Belli a special stamp issued.