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Andrea Zanzotto

アンドレア・ザンツォット

Andrea Zanzotto

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1921-10-10 (Pieve di Soligo)
Died
2011-10-18 (Conegliano) age 90
Nationality
Italian
Languages
Italian, German
Residence History
Pieve di Soligo, province of Treviso, Veneto, Italy

Career

Occupations
poet
Active Years
1936-2011
Influenced By
Giovanni Pascoli, Charles Baudelaire, Arthur Rimbaud, Friedrich Hölderlin, Eugenio Montale

Education

University of Padua
College of Letters / Italian literature
Degree: イタリア文学学位
Period: 1939-1942
Year of Graduation: 1942
Country: Italy
Thesis on the work of Grazia Deledda
Liceo Canova
Classics
Degree: 古典リチェオ卒業
Year of Graduation: 1938
Country: Italy

Awards & Nominations

Works

Translations of Works

  • Selected Poetry and Prose of Andrea Zanzotto
  • Selected Poetry of Andrea Zanzotto
  • Poems by Andrea Zanzotto
  • Peasant's Wake for Fellini's "Casanova" and Other Poems
  • Haiku for a Season
  • Fosfeni

Health

  • Allergies
    幼少期から青年期
    Created a sense of exclusion and peril, influencing childhood and adolescence
  • Asthma
    幼少期から青年期
    Severe episodes led to exemption from military service

Legacy

Renowned Italian poet known for linguistic innovation rooted in Venetian dialect and landscape.

Trivia

  • His father Giovanni was a painter who studied in Brussels and Bologna and was anti-fascist.
  • Sisters Marina (1929) and Angela (1937) died young.
  • Attended Montessori kindergarten and showed early interest in poetry.