Statue of Carlo Porta.

For the Italian painter, see Carlo Porta (painter)

Carlo Porta (June 15, 1775 - January 5, 1821) was an Italian poet, the most famous writer in Milanese dialect. June 15 is the 166th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (167th in leap years), with 199 days remaining. ... 1775 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... January 5 is the 5th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... The coronation banquet for George IV 1821 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Milanese (milanes, milanées, meneghin, meneghìn) is a variety of Lombard spoken in the city of Milan and in its province. ...

Biography

He was born in Milan to Giuseppe Porta and Violante Gottieri. He studied in Monza until 1792 and the in the Seminario of Milan. In 1796 the French pushed Porta to find a job in Venice, where one of his brother lived, and where he remained until 1799. Milan (Italian: Milano; Milanese: Milán (listen)) is the main city of northern Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. ... The Lambro River runs through Monza. ... 1792 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1796 was a leap year starting on Friday. ... Venice (Italian: Venezia, Venetian: Venexia) is the capital of the region of Veneto and the province of the same name in Italy. ... 1799 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

From 1804 until his death Porta worked as clergyman. In 1806 he married to Vincenza Prevosti. 1804 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1806 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

He died in Milan in the January 1821 for a gout attack. He was buried in the church of San Gregorio, but later his tomb went lost.

Works

Porta began to write poems in the 1790, although few of them were published before 1810. In 1804-1805 he worked at a Milanese translation of the Divine Comedy, whiche he however left unfinished. 1790 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1810 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1804 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1805 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Dante shown holding a copy of The Divine Comedy, next to the entrance to Hell, the seven terraces of Mount Purgatory and the city of Florence, in Michelinos fresco. ...

In 1810 the Brindisi de Meneghin all'Ostaria ,written for Napoleon's return in Milan, was published. His best season began two years later, with Desgrazzi de Giovannin Bongee ("Troubles of Little John Bongee"). 1810 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... For other uses, see Napoleon (disambiguation). ...

His works can be divided into three categories: works against superstition and religious hypocrisy, descriptions of vivid Milanese popular characters, and political works. The first one includes, amongst the others, Fraa Zenever (1813), On Miracol (1813), Fraa Diodatt (1814), La mia povera nonna la gh'aveva (1810). His political satires were mainly sonets, such as Paracar che scappee de Lombardia (1814), E daj con sto chez-nous, ma sanguanon (1811), Marcanagg i politegh secca ball (1815), Quand vedessev on pubblegh funzionari (1812).

His best works are probably those portraying the Milanese popular life, with the collections Olter desgrazzi de Giovannin Bongee ("Other Troubles of Little John Bongee", 1814), El lament del Marchionn di gamb'avert (1816) and what is generally considered his masterwork, La Ninetta del Verzee (1815).