Giovanni Prati

Poet, born in Campomaggiore, Trentino, N Italy. He was active in Milan's patriotic circles and was a supporter of the Savoys. A deputy of the Italian parliament in 1862 and a senator in 1876, he was a very popular leading exponent of late Romanticism. Patriotic and love themes were dealt with in highly rhethoric tones in Edmenegarda (1840), Canti per il popolo e ballate (1843), Canti politici (1852), and Psiche (1876).

Giovanni Prati (Dasindo, province of Trento 27 January 1815 - Rome 9 May 1884) was an Italian poet born in what then was part of the Austrian Empire and educated in law at Padua. 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).