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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;
Strage per la giostra dei dischi volanti