marcin
(Marcin)
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but as a fine reciter of his own verses as well.
In 1901 he even formed a trio with the poets
Berto Barbarani from Verona and Alfredo
Testoni from Bologna, making the rounds of
the theaters of Genoa, Padua, Milan, Reggio
Emilia etc.. The invitations became more and
more frequent and Trilussa was constantly
touring all of Italy, with evening
engagements worthy of a star of the theater.
People liked his poetry and they liked his
recitation even more, done in a dialect
everyone could understand yet possessing
all the ingredients of cleverness, of wit, of
irony and sarcasm.
He even went to Egypt, but perhaps in
order to follow a girl he was in love with,
the actress Leda Gys.
Upon his return, he began living in
Maria Adelaide Street amidst a myriad
souvenirs collected all over, with the same
