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VITTORIO CLEMENTE
Vittorio Clemente was born in Bugnara
(L’Aquila) in 1985. After attending the
Scuola Normale di Tivoli, he taught in the
rural schools of Abruzzi, later becoming a
principal and school inspector. He died in
Rome in 1975. Besides dialect literature, he
took interest in folklore, literary criticism,
children’s narrative and literature, dialect
theater.
During World WAR I, he collaborated
with Ardengo Soffici in La Ghirba and Il
Gazzettino del Soldato. His sonnet,
“Malingunie” [Melan¬choly], appeared in
those years. Several works in dialect
followed: Prime canzône, [First Songs], Rome,
1924; La Madonna Addulurata, [Our Lady of
Sorrows]: Sulmona, Angeletti, 1925; Sia