Domenico Tempio, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Domenico Tempio

Italian writer

Date of Birth: 22-Aug-1750

Place of Birth: Catania, Sicily, Italy

Date of Death: 04-Feb-1821

Profession: poet

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Domenico Tempio (1750–1821) was an Italian writer who mainly wrote in the Sicilian language or dialect.
During his lifetime, he was considered a major poet, and was much praised, but after his death his work was largely forgotten, until a reawakening of interest following the second world war.
His poem La Caristia ("The famine"), describing a famine and rioting in Catania in 1797-98, is regarded as his major work.