marcin
(Marcin)
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literary writings to Il progresso Italo-
Americano, Corriere del Connecticut, Il
lupo. In 1924 he moved from Brooklyn to
Omaha (Nebraska), and then to Chicago. He
always kept close ties with Italy, where he
returned in 1938 to attend the wedding of
his daughter Libertà, and remained there for
about a year. He died in Chicago on April 18,
1953.
His first poem, “The Red Man” (1898)
caused him several disputes and even a trial.
His marked interests for the legacy of the
Risorgimento and Garibaldi, rooted in a
humus genetically motivated by socio-
anthropological stimuli, contributed to turn
into protest the post-Risorgimento
disappointments; which, however, were
expressed in formulas oscillating between
lyric elegy and almost naturalistic attitudes
of protesting representation. Predominant,
