Giovanni Prati

Giovanni Prati (27 January 1815 – 9 May 1884) was an Italian poet and politician.

Prati was born in Dasindo, province of Trento, then part of the Austrian Empire.

Adopting a literary career, he was inspired by anti-Austrian feeling and devotion to the royal house of Savoy, and in early life his combination of a sympathy for national independence with monarchical sentiments brought him into trouble in both quarters, to the point that Guerrazzi expelled him from Tuscany in 1849 for his praise of Carlo Alberto.

Prati was a prolific poet, his volumes of verse ranging from his romantic narrative Ermenegarda (1841) to the lyrics collected in Psiche (1875) and Iside (1878).

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