Domenico Balestrieri (writer)

Domenico Balestrieri
Domenico Balestrieri
Born16 April 1714 
Died11 May 1780  (aged 66)
Milan, Duchy of Milan
Resting placeSan Nazaro in Brolo 
OccupationPoet 
MovementEnlightenment
Spouse(s)
Rosalia Casati
(m. 1747)

Domenico Balestrieri (1714–1780) was an Italian scholar, writer and poet. He gained his fame as an author of "dialectal" works in Milanese language, for which he is considered one of the classics of Milanese literature. Baestrieri's work was a major inspiration source for later Milanese writers such as Carlo Porta.