Massimo d'Azeglio
Massimo Taparelli d'Azeglio ( Massimo Taparelli, Marchese d'Azeglio ; born October 24, 1798 in Turin , † January 15, 1866 ibid) was an Italian writer , painter and politician .
Azeglio was primarily a romantic writer who succeeded Alessandro Manzoni , and he was also married to one of his daughters. D'Azeglio was best known for historical novels and romantically inspired paintings.
The beginning of his political activity was a trip he undertook in 1845 at the instigation of his cousin Cesare Balbo through Romagna in order to find out about the state of the country there. In his travelogue, which he published a year later, he criticized the papal administrative authorities, but warned of a revolution and advocated liberal reforms. After Pope Pius IX took office . he hoped for a united Italy under its rule. He was badly wounded during the siege of Novara .
King Victor Emmanuel II appointed d'Azeglio Prime Minister ( President of the Council of Ministers ) of the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont and instructed him to set up a cabinet. His domestic policy was aimed at building a liberal state, while externally he had to defend himself against Austria's claims to Italy. However, after he got into sharp and personal arguments in the cabinet with his ministerial colleague Camillo Benso von Cavour , he left the cabinet in 1852 and turned increasingly to painting until 1859. It was only shortly before the preliminary peace in Villafranca that Azeglio was commissioned with political matters again.
Azeglio moved to Cannero on Lake Maggiore in the last years of his life . It was there that his famous memoirs ( I miei ricordi ) were written.
Works
- 1833: Ettore Fieramosca , novella about the mercenary leader Ettore Fieramosca ; see also Hector, knight without fear or blame
- 1841: Niccolò de Lapi . Niccolò de Lapi or the Palleschi and the Piagnoni. German by Rudolph von Langenau.
- 1846: Degli ultimi casi di Romagna
- 1867: I miei ricordi , autobiography
literature
- Walter Maturi: AZEGLIO, Massimo Taparelli d '. In: Alberto M. Ghisalberti (Ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 4: Arconati-Bacaredda. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1962.
Web links
- Literature by and about Massimo d'Azeglio in the catalog of the German National Library
- Entry in the Senatori del Regno di Sardegna database at the Historical Archives of the Italian Senate
- Publications by Massimo D'Azeglio in the Opac des Servizio Bibliotecario Nazionale (SBN)
- Standard entry in the Opac of the SBN
- Azeglio, 2) Massimo . In: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon . 4th edition. Volume 2, Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1885–1892, p. 193.
Individual evidence
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Azeglio, Massimo d ' |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Azeglio, Massimo Taparelli d '; Massimo Taparelli, Marchese d'Azeglio; D'Azeglio, Massimo Taparelli; D'Azeglio, Massimo; Taparelli d'Azeglio, Massimo; Taparelli |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian writer, painter and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 24, 1798 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Turin |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 15, 1866 |
| Place of death | Turin |