Giuseppe Nicolini (28 October 1788 – 26 August 1855) was an Italian poet, literary critic, and politician active in the risorgimento, the nineteenth century nationalist movement that led to the creation of Italy as a unified nation.
Nicolini wrote for the progressive periodical Il Conciliatore, composed poetry, and published prose as well.
He preferred teaching to law, however, and after a few years as a lawyer took up an appointment as a professor in the Brescia Ginnasio.
When his political activities cost him his teaching job in 1821, writing became his main profession.
Giuseppe Nicolini died in the cholera epidemic that struck the city in 1855.