Literature
Nota bio-bibliografica
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Italian Nota bio-bibliografica Dario Fo, una delle figure di primo piano della farsa e del teatro politico moderni, è nato in un paese della Lombardia, Sangiano (Varese), dove è venuto presto a contatto con il teatro popolare e la tradizione orale (il nonno era un conosciuto fabulatore). Dopo aver studiato arte e architettura a Milano,…
moreHeinrich Böll – Biographical
Biographical
I was born December 21, 1917 in Cologne, on the Rhine, the son of the sculptor and cabinet-maker, Viktor Böll, and his wife, Maria, née Hermanns. Between 1924 and 1928 I attended elementary school in Köln Raderthal, and from 1928 to 1937, the state-run Kaiser-Wilhelm classical secondary school in Cologne. In spring 1937 I began…
moreGiosuè Carducci – Biographical
Biographical
Giosuè Carducci (1835-1907) was born in Val di Castello, a small town near Pisa. He was early attracted to the Greek and Roman authors; in addition, he conscientiously studied the Italian classics: Dante, Tasso, and Alfieri. At the age of twenty he graduated with a degree in philosophy and letters from the University of Pisa.…
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Bibliography
Works in Spanish Poetry Luna silvestre. – México : Fabula, 1933 No pasaran!. – México : Simbad, 1936 Raíz del hombre. – México : Simbad, 1937 Bajo tu clara sombra y otros poemas sobre España. – Valencia : Españolas, 1937 Entre la piedra y la flor. – México : Nueva Voz, 1938 A la orilla…
morePatrick White – Biographical
Biographical
I was born on May 28th 1912 in Knightsbridge, London, to Australian parents. Victor White was then forty-two, his wife, Ruth Withycombe, ten years younger. When I was six months old my parents returned to Australia and settled in Sydney, principally because my mother could not face the prospect of too many sisters-in-law on the…
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