Giovanni Meli, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Giovanni Meli

Italian poet and playwright

Date of Birth: 06-Mar-1740

Place of Birth: Palermo, Sicily, Italy

Date of Death: 20-Dec-1815

Profession: writer, physician, poet, professor, playwright

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Giovanni Meli (4 March 1740, in Palermo – 20 December 1815) was an Italian poet. After studying philosophy and medicine he worked as a doctor in Cinisi in the province of Palermo.
It was during this early period of his life that he discovered the bucolic poets and the poetic worth of his native Sicilian which he used thereafter in all of his literary works.