marcin
(Marcin)
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1935. He collected part of his works in Voci
del feudo [Voices of the Estate], 1938.
For the Sicilian dialect stage he wrote
Scunciuru [Entreaty], 1908; Gabrieli lu carusu,
[The Boy Gabriel], 1910; Mora mora, [Die Die]
(published with the title L’ultimi siciliani
[The Last Sicilian] in the vol. Teatro siciliano,
1932, which also includes the two preceding
plays). His works of dialect narrative are: La
morti di lu Patriarca [Death of the Patriarch],
1920; La racina di Sant’Antoni [St. Anthony’s
Root], 1939 and, posthumous, Lu saracinu
[The Saracen].
He taught literature in the Istituto
Tecnico “Scinà” in Palermo, where he spent
much of his life; having a reserved nature, he
avoided worldly and literary salons,
preferring the bookstore Reber ai Quattro
Canti and his retreats in Franciscan