necessary for modern commerce and politics, but almost by definition devoid of the life that people bring to the language they speak, the vernacular turn of phrase that exists only at a particular place in a particular time for a particular people. He closed his own essay on Neapolitan poetry, written in 1900, with this passionate quote from Dante: "With the gifts God gives us from Heaven, we shall try to renew the language of the common people." Sources This entry is an abridgement of a Salvatore Di Giacomo article on another website and has been placed here by the author and copyright owner of that article.'' References External links 1860 births 1934 deaths Italian poets Italian male poets Italian fascists Members of the Royal Academy of Italy Italian dramatists and playwrights Italian opera librettists 19th-century Neapolitan people Italian male dramatists and playwrights