Alfredo Panzini
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Alfredo Panzini was an Italian
novelist and lexicographer.
Born in Senigallia
, Panzini was a student of Giosuè Carducci
at the University of Bologna
. Panzini worked as a secondary school teacher before becoming a writer. Panzini is noted for the humorous and often genial tone of his writings. Among his many works, there are Libro dei Morti (1893), Santippe (1914), and Il diavolo nella mia libreria (1920). The idiosyncratic Italian
dictionary he authored covered all forms of the language including slang. It was printed in several editions.
Panzini also penned several historical works, and in 1929 was among the first members of the Royal Academy of Italy
named by Mussolini. He died at the age of 75.
Italy
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novelist and lexicographer.
Born in Senigallia
Senigallia
Senigallia is a comune and port town on Italy's Adriatic coast, 25 km by rail north of Ancona, in the Marche region, province of Ancona....
, Panzini was a student of Giosuè Carducci
Giosuè Carducci
Giosuè Alessandro Michele Carducci was an Italian poet and teacher. He was very influential and was regarded as the official national poet of modern Italy. In 1906 he became the first Italian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.-Biography:...
at the University of Bologna
University of Bologna
The Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna is the oldest continually operating university in the world, the word 'universitas' being first used by this institution at its foundation. The true date of its founding is uncertain, but believed by most accounts to have been 1088...
. Panzini worked as a secondary school teacher before becoming a writer. Panzini is noted for the humorous and often genial tone of his writings. Among his many works, there are Libro dei Morti (1893), Santippe (1914), and Il diavolo nella mia libreria (1920). The idiosyncratic Italian
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
dictionary he authored covered all forms of the language including slang. It was printed in several editions.
Panzini also penned several historical works, and in 1929 was among the first members of the Royal Academy of Italy
Royal Academy of Italy
The Royal Academy of Italy was an organization of Italian academians, intellectuals, and cultural figures created on 7 January 1926 by the Fascist government of the Kingdom of Italy by a royal decree, and effectively dissolved in 1943....
named by Mussolini. He died at the age of 75.
In translation
- Wanted—a Wife (Io Cerco Moglie), authorized translation by Frederic Taber CooperFrederic Taber CooperFrederic Taber Cooper, Ph.D. was an American editor and writer. He was born May 27, 1864 in New York City, graduated from Harvard University in 1886 and obtained an LL.B. from Columbia University in 1887....
, New York, N.L. Brown, 1922, 294 p.