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

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OTTAVIANO GIANNANGELI


Ottaviano Giannangeli was born in


Raiano (L’Aquila) in 1923 and lives in


Pescara. For over forty years he taught in


secondary schools, and later modern Italian


literature at Gabriele D’Annunzio


University.


He was founder and editor, from ‘57 to


‘74, of the review Dimen¬sioni, which in a


special issue published his novel Sposare una


[To Marry Some¬one]. He is the author of


numerous essays and monographic studies,


mainly on Pascoli, Montale, D’Annunzio,


and the dialect literature of Abruzzi.


His verse production is quite large. In


Italian he has published: Ritorni [Returns]


(1944); Taccuino lirico [Lyric Notebook], 1953;


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