Lodovico Adimari
Lodovico Adimari (born September 3, 1644 in Naples , † June 22, 1708 in Florence ) was an Italian satirical poet .
Life
Lodovico Adimari came from the old and respected Florentine patrician family of the Adimari . He studied under Luca Terenzi at the University of Pisa , toured the courts of Italy and in the late 1680s became marquis and chamberlain to the Duke of Mantua, Ferdinando Carlo von Gonzaga-Nevers . He also became a member of several academies, such as the Accademia dell'Arcadia in 1691 and the Accademia della Crusca in 1694 . In 1697 he followed at the instigation of the Grand Duke of Tuscany, Cosimo III. de 'Medici , the famous Francesco Redi as professor of the Tuscan language at the Academy of Florence, and at the same time, with much applause, gave lectures on the chivalric sciences in the Accademia dei Nobili. He died in Florence in 1708 at the age of 63 and was buried in the family tomb of the Adimari in the church of Santa Maria Novella.
Adimari's most excellent poems are five satires, two of which represent cynical invectives against the female sex (published posthumously at Amsterdam 1716; new edition Livorno 1788 with a biographical sketch of the author). He also wrote the comedy Le gare dell'amore et dell'amicizia (Florence 1679), the dramas Il carceriere di se medesimo (Florence 1681) and L'amante di sua figlia (Florence 1683), the sonnets dedicated to Louis XIV - and Odensammlung Sonetti amorosi (Florence 1693), Poesie sacre et morali (Florence 1696) and Prose sacre (Florence 1706), a collection of pieces with religious themes in prose.
Lodovico Adimari had a daughter and two sons, one of whom, Buonaccorso, died in childhood and was mourned by his father in a sonnet, while the other, Smeraldo, also became a poet and was accepted into the Accademia dell'Arcadia.
literature
- Adimari (Louis) . In: Louis Gabriel Michaud (Ed.): Biographie universelle , 2nd edition, 1843ff., 1st volume, p. 179.
- Arnaldo d'Addario: Adimari, Ludovico. In: Alberto M. Ghisalberti (Ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 1: Aaron – Albertucci. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1960, pp. 279-280.
Remarks
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Adimari, Lodovico |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 3, 1644 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Naples |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 22, 1708 |
| Place of death | Florence |