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

NICOLA GIUSEPPE DE DONNO

Nicola Giuseppe De Donno (Maglie,

Lecce, 1920) worked as teacher and high-

school principal.

He published: Cronache e paràbbule

[Chronicles and Parables], pref. by D. Moro,

Bari-S. Spirito, Ed. Del Centro Librario, 1972;

Sìdici sunetti pe llu divorziu [Sixteen Sonnets

for Divorce], Maglie: Gioffreda, 1974; Paese

[Town], intr. by D. Valli, Cavallino di Lecce:

Capone, 1979; Ministri e rriforme [Ministers e

Reforms], Maglie: Tempo d’Oggi, 1980;

Mumenti e ttrumenti [Moments and

Torments], Lecce: Manni, 1986; La guerra

guerra [The War War], Fasano: Schena, 1987;

La guerra de Utràntu [The War of Otranto],

Milan: Scheiwiller, 1988; Lu senzu de la vita

[The Meaning of Life], Milan: All’Insegna del