GIOSUÈ CARDUCCI.

A biography of Giosuè Carducci, the first Italian writer to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, is presented. He was born on July 27, 1835 in Val di Castello, Tuscany. He studied at the Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa where he was accepted as a scholar. He became a renowned professor of Italian...

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Publicado en:Giants in Their Field: An Introduction to the Nobel Prizes in Literature pp. 233 - 236
Autor principal: Gunther, Ralph
Formato: Biography
Publicado: Digitalia Publishing Corp. 1993
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Sumario:A biography of Giosuè Carducci, the first Italian writer to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, is presented. He was born on July 27, 1835 in Val di Castello, Tuscany. He studied at the Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa where he was accepted as a scholar. He became a renowned professor of Italian literature, a most sought after speaker and an acclaimed poet of his country. He was known with the pseudonym "Enotrio Romano" and his works included "Hymn to Satan" and "The Barbarian Odes."