Pietro Metastasio was an influential Italian poet and librettist who shaped opera through his prolific works, earning him the title "Father of the Opera Seria."
Ugo Foscolo was an Italian writer, poet, and patriot, renowned for his romantic and neoclassical works, including the novel 'The Last Letters of Jacopo Ortis' and the poem 'Dei sepolcri.
Vasily Trediakovsky was a prominent Russian poet, translator, and literary theorist who significantly influenced the development of Russian literature during the 18th century.