Manzoni

[mahn-dzaw-nee]

noun

1. Alessandro (Francesco Tommaso Antonio) 1785–1873, Italian novelist, poet, and dramatist.

Manzoni

/ manˈdzoːni /

noun

1. Alessandro (alesˈsandro). 1785–1873, Italian romantic novelist and poet, famous for his historical novel I Promessi sposi (1825–27)

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Ferrari’s design chief Flavio Manzoni has talked about how he wanted to move away from the sculptural form language of past models in favor of cleaner, simpler, faster lines, with immaculate surfacing and monolithic volumes.

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Her departure comes just months after John Manzoni took over as chairman of the board, although the sources said there had not been a clash of personalities.

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"This work really challenges the notion that complete independence is a necessary marker of adulthood," says Anna Manzoni, co-author of the study and an associate professor of sociology at North Carolina State University.

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The image of a balloon references 1960s Italian conceptual artist Piero Manzoni.

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But despite Verdi’s Requiem having been written in Manzoni’s honor, this celebrated novel reads like Sir Walter Scott warmed over.

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