biography
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Saba, Umberto
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pseudonym of Umberto Poli
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pronunciation:
[sahba]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1883–1957)
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| biography:
| Poet, born in Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, NE Italy. An antiquarian bookseller in Trieste, he was an isolated figure, whose main influences were Hebrew culture, German Romanticism, Freud, and Venetian dialect poetry. His poetry, which combined aulic forms and conversational language, is collected in the Canzoniere (1921–48, 1951–61) and in Mediterranee (1947). He also wrote a critical commentary of his work in Storia e cronistoria del Canzoniere (1947). Among his short stories are Scorciatoie e raccontini (1946) and Ricordi-Racconti (1956). |
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