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Giovanni Pascoli
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31 Dec 1855
† 06 Apr 1912
San Mauro Pascoli, Forli-Cesena, Italy
Biography
Giovanni Placido Agostino Pascoli (1855–1912) was an Italian poet, classical scholar and an emblematic figure of Italian literature in the late nineteenth century. His tragic childhood, the assassination of his father, the early deaths of his mother, sister and two brothers, and the subsequent financial decline of the family echoe in several of his most popular poems, and his debut volume Myricae (1891) in particular. Although he was not an active participant in any literary movement of the tim...
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Giovanni Placido Agostino Pascoli
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