Tuscan poet, born in Monsummano Terme in 1809, known for his ironic and satirical verve, he wrote dozens of poems and sonnets which had public and market success while he was still alive, so much so that Alessandro Manzoni wanted to meet him and hosted him at his home in Milan for over a month.

«They are gems that can only be made in Tuscany, or by you; since, even if there were someone capable of doing so well by imitating, it would not occur to him to imitate” writes Manzoni in response to an explicit request from Giusti regarding his poetic style. The poet died at just 41 years old, in Florence, in the home of his friend and poet Gino Capponi. “Il Re Travicello” written in 1841 is a poem which, with satirical verve, underlines the moral inadequacy of the inept sovereign, in this case Leopold II Grand Duke of Tuscany, incapable of exercising any form of power.

“Ad una donna” poem from 1847 instead exalts the feeling of love, it is believed to have been written for the beautiful Marchioness d’Azeglio, wife of Massimo, an Italian patriot and writer, with whom Giusti had fallen madly in love.