Leopardi by Iris Origo
Leopardi, widely considered to be the greatest Italian poet since Dante, was a scholar and philospher whose outstanding scholarly and philosophical works and superb poetry place him in the pantheon of great 19th century writers. This masterful biography is an incisive psychological portrait of the melancholy, semi-cloistered, hunchback poet whose genius, pain and frustrated hopes found their outlet in poetry admired for its brilliance, intensity, and seemingly effortless musicality.
Iris Origo (1902-1988) was a British-born biographer and writer. She lived in Italy and devoted much of her life to the improvement of the Tuscan estate at La Foce, which she purchased with her husband in the 1920s. During the Second World War, she sheltered refugee children and assisted many escaped Allied prisoners of war and partisans in defiance of Italy's fascist regime and Nazi occupation forces. She is the author of Images and Shadows; A Chill in the Air: An Italian War Diary, 1939-1940; Leopardi: A Study in Solitude; and The Merchant of Prato, among others. Lucy Hughes-Hallett is a prizewinning historian and novelist. Her nonfiction book The Pike: Gabriele D'Annunzio was the winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize, the Duff Cooper Prize, and the Costa Biography Award. She lives in London and Suffolk. Katia Lysy was born in Rome. She has worked for Italian television RAI 3, in publishing, as a journalist and as a literary translator from English and French into Italian. She now lives between Rome and Val d'Orcia, in southern Tuscany, where she assists her mother Benedetta, daughter of the writer Iris Origo, in the management and development of the family estate of La Foce, whose historic gardens are visited by Iris Origo readers from all over the world.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781885983442 |
| ISBN 10 | 1885983441 |
| Titel | Leopardi |
| Autor | Iris Origo |
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| Bindungsart | Paperback |
| Verlag | Turtle Point Press |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2000-04-01 |
| Seitenanzahl | 386 |
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