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Biagio Marin

ビアージョ・マリン

Biagio Marin

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1891-06-29 （Grado, Austria-Hungary）
Died
1985-12-24 （Grado, Italy） age 94
Nationality
Italian
Languages
Venetian (Venetian dialect), Italian, German
Religion
Catholicism
Residence History
Grado (birthplace) → Görz (Gorizia) → Venice → Florence → Vienna → Trieste

Career

Occupations
poet, professor, teacher, librarian
Active Years
1912-1985
Affiliations
Circolo della Cultura e delle Arti (founder/associated), Circolo di cultura italo-austriaco (Trieste), Incontri Culturali Mitteleuropei (early leader)
Influenced By
Friedrich Hölderlin, Heinrich Heine, Friedrich Wilhelm Foerster
Influenced
Pier Paolo Pasolini, Claudio Magris, Luigi Dallapiccola (inspired by Marin's poems), Peter Handke (cites Marin)

Education

Gymnasium in Görz (Gorizia)
Period: 1900年代初頭
Country: Austria-Hungary (then)
Educated in a German-language gymnasium; began writing literary texts in German in his youth.
University of Vienna (studies)
Period: 1912–1914（在学）
Country: Austria
Read Russian and Scandinavian authors; met educator Friedrich Wilhelm Foerster.
University studies in Florence (and elsewhere)
Philosophy
Period: 1910年代
Country: Italy
Reportedly studied philosophy under Bernardino Varisco.

Awards

Bagutta Prize
1965
Organization: Bagutta Prize
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Fiuri de tapo

1912 dialectal poetry / Venetian poetry

Marin's first serious poetry collection written in the Venetian-Friulian dialect; focuses on homeland landscapes and daily life.

homelandsea and islandseveryday life
Translations
  • Available in Italian and English translations (selected)

La vita xe fiama: Poesie 1963-1969

1970 poetry collection (dialect)

Collected poems from 1963–1969; representative for his attachment to homeland and concise language.

nostalgiasilencenature
Translations
  • Italian selections edited by Claudio Magris and others

Nel silenzio più teso

1980 poetry collection

Includes works selected for the UNESCO collection; one of his important late volumes.

silencereligious motifsmemory
Translations
  • Fragments translated into Italian and English

Acquamarina

1973 poetry (written in Italian)

His only major book written in Italian, intended for an Italian-speaking audience.

seachoice of language

Bibliography

  • Fiuri de tapo (1912)
  • La girlanda de gno suore (1922)
  • I canti de l'Isola (1951)
  • La vita xe fiama: Poesie 1963-1969 (1970)
  • Acquamarina (1973)
  • Nel silenzio più teso (1980)

Adaptations

  • Musical settings inspired by Marin's poems (Luigi Dallapiccola referenced Marin)

Translations of Works

  • Some poems were rendered into Italian and fragments exist in English translation

Style & Themes

Literary Style
concise and restrained dictionuse of dialect with a limited active vocabulary
Recurring Motifs
sea and islandssilenceeveryday landscapesoccasional religious imagery

Health

  • tuberculosis
    第一次世界大戦前後（若年期）
    Affected military service and general health
  • decline in vision and hearing (late life)
    1968年以降（晩年）
    Became nearly blind and deaf, affecting his creative work and daily life

Legacy

A poet best known for his works in the Venetian dialect; celebrated for concise vocabulary and attachment to his homeland. Included in UNESCO selections and commemorated through prizes and research centres promoting dialect poetry.

Museums

  • Biblioteca Civica di Grado (holds Biagio Marin's private library) Grado, Italy

Academic Societies

  • Circolo della Cultura e delle Arti
  • Circolo di cultura italo-austriaco
  • Incontri Culturali Mitteleuropei

Archives

  • Biblioteca Civica di Grado (Marin's books and papers)

In Popular Culture

  • The Centro Studi Biagio Marin's annual "POESIA IN DIALETTO" prize (dialect poetry award named for Marin)

Quotes

  • “La poesia è un dono” ("Poetry is a gift")
    Source: Poetry collection 'La poesia è un dono' (1966) (1966)

Trivia

  • He reportedly used only a few hundred words in his poetry.
  • His son Falco Marin died during World War II.
  • In late life he was nearly blind and deaf.
  • He received the Bagutta Prize in 1965.