marcin
(Marcin)
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girls he published in 1889 under the title
Stelle de Roma [Roman Stars]. Immediately a
dispute broke out with the Roman dialect
poet Filippo Chiappini, who accused Trilussa
of not knowing the dialect, taking the
position of the “vernacular purist,” as
Claudio Rendina calls him.
The poet’s popularity was almost
immediate, his contributions to Il Messaggero
were followed and discussed; even his
drawings were well received by the mass of
readers. He worked on the editorial staff of
Don Chisciotte, providing images, sketches,
fables, skits, vignettes and poems with that
easy vein that would become a distinctive
trait of his life and work.
He too, like Pascarella, traveled
extensively, but through the Italian cities,
which welcomed him not only as a reporter,
