Melchiorre Murenu

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Melchiorre Murenu
Born1803
Died1854
OccupationPoet

Melchiorre Murenu (Macomer 1803 – 1854) was a blind Sardinian poet.[1] He is known as the "Homer of Sardinia"[2] because (like Homer) he was blind.

At the age of three he became blind from smallpox.[citation needed]

References

  1. Melchiorre Murenu, "Tutte le Poesie", Edizioni della Torre, 1990.
  2. Paola Pittalis, Storia della letteratura in Sardegna, Cagliari, 1998, p.84