marcin
(Marcin)
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autobiographical note. He then took up
journalism, at first with the pseudonym
“Salvador” and later with his real name. He
contributed to the Corriere del Mattino, the
Pungolo, the Corriere di Napoli. He soon
became well known for his verses that were
set to music and sung in the streets, but also
for his theater, rooted in a pristine, authentic
Neapolitan spirit, but always filtered
through his culture, which tended to lend
lightness and simplicity to his writing.
Among all his plays one should at least
remember Assunta Spina for the intensity of
its verismo. The books of short stories were
also numerous, but they remain the work of
a good craftsman and do not achieve the
level of his poetry or certain parts of his
theater.
Unlike his writings, so limpid and open
for the reader, he was withdrawn and shy,
