Dialect Poetry of Southern Italy (Italian Poetry in Translation Book 2)

1969; a few books of prose and satirical and

parodic verse: Poesie in forma di cosa? [Poetry

in the Form of What?], Pescara: Emblema,

1967; Un uomo sfinito [An Exhausted Man],

Lanciano: Itinerari, 1972; Apologhi a Pietro

[Apologues to Peter], Foggia: Bastogi, 1983;

Ecche lu fridde [Here Comes the Cold],

Pescara 1986; L’inverno alle porte [Winter at

the Gate], Venezia 1988. He has written and

edited books of fiction for the schools. He is

a contributor to RAI’s cultural programs,

literary reviews and the cultural sections of

periodicals. Since 1977 he has been the editor

of the review Questarte.

Giuseppe Rosato’s dialect output is

rather scant, but of a truly uncommon

charm. It should be noted that, having made

his debut in 1955 with La cajole d’ore, he is

not heard of again until thirty years later,