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The brother of Carlo Gozzi, he was born in Venice. In 1739 he married the poet Luise Bergalli , and she undertook the management of the theatre of Sant' Angelo, Venice, her husband supplying the performers with dramas chiefly translated from the French. The theatre lost money, but meanwhile Gozzi had built a reputation for his contributions to the Gazzetta Veneta. He soon came to be known as one of the ablest critics and purest and most elegant stylists in Italy. For a considerable period he was censor of the press in Venice, and in 1774 he was appointed to reorganize the university system at Padua where he remained till his death.
His principal writings are:
He also translated various works from the FrenchFrench le francais la langue francaise is one of the most important Romance languages, outnumbered only by Spanish and Portuguese. French is the 11th most spoken language in the world, spoken by about 77 million people (called Francophones) as a mother to and EnglishThe English language is a West Germanic language, originating from England. It is the third most common "first" language (native speakers), with around 402 million people in 2002. English has lingua franca status in many parts of the world, due to the mil, including Jean-François MarmontelJean-Francois Marmontel ( July 11, 1723 December 31, 1799) was a French historian and writer, a member of the Encyclopediste movement. He was born of poor parents at Bort-les-Orgues, in Correze. After studying with the Jesuits at Mauriac, Cantal, he taugh's Tales and Alexander PopeAlexander Pope ( May 21, 1688 May 30, 1744) was a well known English poet and writer. Born to a Catholic family in 1688, Alexander was educated mostly outside "normal" schools and colleges as a result of the penal laws that were in force at the time to up's Essay on Criticism. His collected works were published at Venice, 1794-1798, in 12 volumes, and several editions have appeared since.