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Alfieri
Alfieri is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Anastase Alfieri (1892–1971), Italian entomologist * Benedetto Alfieri (1700–1767), Italian architect * Carmine Alfieri (born 1943), Italian Camorra boss * Cesare Alfieri di Sostegno (1799–1869), Italian politician and diplomat * Dino Alfieri (1886–1966), Italian fascist politician * Edoardo Alfieri (1913–1998), Italian sculptor * Blessed Enrichetta Alfieri (1891-1951) - Italian Roman Catholic professed religious * Francesco Alfieri, 17th-century master of swordsmanship * Giulio Alfieri (1924–2002), Italian automobile engineer * Martino Alfieri (1590–1641), Apostolic Nuncio to Cologne from 1634 to 1639 * Nick Alfieri (born 1992), American football linebacker * Pietro Alfieri (1801–1863), Roman Catholic priest and Camaldolese monk * Richard Alfieri (born 1948), American playwright, screenplay writer, novelist, producer, and actor * Victor Alfieri (born 1971), American actor and writer * Vittorio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vittorio Alfieri
Count Vittorio Alfieri (, also , ; 16 January 17498 October 1803) was an Italian dramatist and poet, considered the "founder of Italian tragedy." He wrote nineteen tragedies, sonnets, satires, and a notable autobiography. Early life Alfieri was born at Asti, Kingdom of Sardinia, now in Piedmont. His father died when he was very young, and he was brought up by his mother, who married a second time, until, at the age of ten, he was placed in the academy of Turin. After a year at the academy, he went on a short visit to a relative at Coni (mod. Cuneo). During his stay there he composed a sonnet chiefly borrowed from lines in Ariosto and Metastasio, the only poets he had at that time read. At thirteen, Alfieri began the study of civil and canon law, but this only made him more interested in literature, particularly French romances. The death of his uncle, who had taken charge of his education and conduct, left him free, at the age of fourteen, to enjoy his paternal inheritance, augme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carmine Alfieri
Carmine Alfieri (; born February 18, 1943) is an Italian Camorra boss, who rose from Piazzolla di Nola to become one of the most powerful members of Neapolitan Camorra in the 1980s. As boss of the Alfieri clan, he was one of the most influential and powerful Camorra bosses from 1984 until his arrest in 1992.Casalesi operazione Gomorra L’espresso, August 10, 2007 Alfieri's nickname is '' by [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francesco Alfieri
Francesco Ferdinando Alfieri was a master of fencing of the 17th century. He was a representative of the Venetian school of fencing and “Maestro D’Arme” to the Accademia Delia in Padua in 1640. Alfieri was originally from Padua, which at that time was considered territory of the Venetian Republic. Most of the Venice, Venetian and Italy, Italian fencing masters in their treatises describe the famous fencing master Francesco Alfieri as an 'unsurpassed master of fencing', and documents from outside of Italy also contain references to him. Blasco Florio says, in his treatise ''"The Science of Fencing with the sword of Blasco Florio"'' (La scienza della scherma esposta da Blasco Florio): Works Several Martial arts manual, treatises by Alfieri are known: * ''La Bandiera'' ("The Ensign" or "Flag"), published in 1638, which treats flag drill * ''La Scherma'' ("Fencing"), published in 1640 and reprinted in 1645, which treats rapier fencing * ''La Picca'' ("The Pike"), published ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enrichetta Alfieri
Enrichetta Alfieri (23 February 1891 – 23 November 1951) – born ''Maria Angela Domenica Alfieri'' – was an Italian Roman Catholic religious sister and a member of the Sisters of Divine Charity. Alfieri was called also "the mother of San Vittore" and "the angel of San Vittore" due to her extensive work in the San Vittore prison in Milan. She worked there during World War II when the Nazis arrested her on the charge of espionage. The intervention of the Cardinal Archbishop of Milan Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster secured her release. Pope Benedict XVI approved her beatification and delegated Cardinal Angelo Amato to preside over the beatification celebration at the Milan Cathedral on 26 June 2011. Life Maria Angela Domenica Alfieri was born in 1891 in Borgo Vercelli to Giovanni Alfieri and Rosa Compagnone. She was the eldest and her two sisters were Angela and Adele while her brother and final sibling was Carlo. Her parents educated her as a child before she attended school. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dino Alfieri
Odoardo Dino Alfieri (8 June 1886 – 2 January 1966) was an Italian fascist politician and diplomat. He served as Mussolini's press and propaganda minister and ambassador to Berlin. Early life and education Alfieri was born in Bologna in 1886 to Antonio and Maria Bedogni. Growing up, he was politically active, joining the Nationalist Association in 1910. He completed his law degree at the University of Genoa in 1915 and shortly thereafter volunteer for military service. Alfieri was quickly promoted to lieutenant earning a bronze medal in 1916 and silver medal for military valor in 1917. He was discharged in July 1919. In 1911 he finished law studies and soon after joined the nationalist group formed by Enrico Corradini. A volunteer in World War I, he was critical of the merger between Corradini's group and Benito Mussolini's National Fascist Party (PNF). Nonetheless, he was elected to the Italian Chamber of Deputies on the PNF list in 1924. Political career Under Mussoli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Alfieri
Richard Alfieri (born April 9, 1948) to Sam and Nena Alfieri is an American playwright, screenplay writer, novelist, film producer, and actor. His awards include two Writers Guild Awards and an Emmy nomination. Career A graduate of Yale University, Alfieri began his professional career in New York City, where he studied with Sanford Meisner at the Neighborhood Playhouse. Alfieri's first professional acting role was as Matt in '' The Fantasticks'' at the Rochester Music Theater. He later starred on Broadway in Tennessee Williams' ''Vieux Carre'', and off-Broadway in '' Awake and Sing'' and ''The Justice Box''. His film-acting credits include ''Children of Rage'' and ''Echoes'', and he has appeared in episodes of '' Magnum PI'', '' Trapper John, M.D.'', and ''Stories from the Bible''. Alfieri received a Writers Guild Award for the Hallmark Hall of Fame film ''Harvest of Fire''. He won the Grand Prize at the New York Film and Television Festival and a Writers Guild ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Alfieri
Victor Alfieri (born July 30, 1971) is an American actor and writer, born in Italy and raised in the U.S. Biography Alfieri was born in Rome and raised an only child by his mother and grandmother, spending summers working in the family's restaurant. Alfieri, a self-described 'class clown', created his own sketch comedy act to entertain friends. At the age of 18, a photographer invited him to do an advertising shoot and soon he graced the covers of several Italian magazines, known as ''fotoromanzi''. His modeling career was cut short, when during an encounter with three muggers his face was scarred by injuries requiring more than 56 stitches. In 1991, Alfieri turned from modeling to join the Italian Police Force. He quit the force after two and a half years of service and, determined to start a career in Hollywood, Alfieri packed his bags and moved to Los Angeles, to the disbelief of his relatives back in Italy. Alfieri quickly landed work as an actor, with various television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giulio Alfieri
Giulio Alfieri (10 July 1924 – 20 March 2002) was an Italian automobile engineer, affiliated with Maserati in Modena, Italy since 1953, where he was central to the development of racing and production cars in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. Alfieri was born in Parma. After graduating the Politecnico of Milan, he first worked on steam turbines for the ship industry ''Cantieri Navali of Tirreno'', in Genoa, before joining the automaker Innocenti in 1949. Employed in September 1953 by Adolfo Orsi, Alfieri joined the technical staff of Maserati alongside Gioacchino Colombo, Vittorio Bellentani and two others. He was best known for the Maserati 3500 GT design (1957) and the Maserati Birdcage (1961), both employing the superleggera lightweight body. Alfieri worked on the six- and eight-cylinder engines used in the Maserati A6 (1955), Maserati 250F (1957), as well as V8 racing engines, later to be used as a basis for the V6 of Maserati Merak and Citroën SM (1969). Alfieri also devel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
