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Diego Valeri

ディエゴ・ヴァレーリ

Diego Valeri

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1887-01-25 （Piove di Sacco）
Died
1976-11-28 （Rome） age 89
Nationality
Italy
Languages
Italian, French
Residence History
Piove di Sacco → Padua → Paris → Switzerland → Venice → Rome

Career

Occupations
poet, teacher, translator, literary critic
Active Years
1913-1976
Affiliations
Accademia dei Lincei, Alleanza della cultura, Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti
Memberships
Accademia dei Lincei

Education

University of Padua
Faculty of Letters / Philology
Period: 1900年代初頭
Year of Graduation: 1908
Country: Italy
Graduated with thesis on impact of French theater on Paolo Ferrari

Awards

Viareggio Prize
1967
Work: Sgelo
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Le gaie tristezze

1913 Poetry

Early poetry collection

everyday lifehumanity

Ariele

1924 Poetry

Sgelo

1967 Poetry

Bibliography

  • Le gaie tristezze (1913)
  • Umana (1915, 1921)
  • Crisalide (1919, 1921)
  • Ariele (1924)
  • Tempo che muore (1924)
  • Il Campanellino (1928)
  • Scherzo e finale (1937)
  • Terzo tempo (1950)
  • Metamorfosi dell'angelo (1956)
  • Jeux de mots (1956)

Translations by Author

  • Mirella (Mistral)
  • La signora Bovary (Flaubert)
  • Il rosso e il nero (Stendhal)
  • Quaranta favole (La Fontaine)
  • Cinquanta poesie (Goethe)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Classic poet in modern era, themes of everyday life and humanity
Recurring Motifs
humanityEuropean encounter

Legacy

Prolific Italian poet who wrote over 300 poems in Italian and French. Winner of Viareggio Prize. Member of Accademia dei Lincei.

Quotes

  • sacrificed almost as many as I have saved
    Source: Autobiographical note (1976)

Trivia

  • Wrote over 300 poems, stating he 'sacrificed almost as many as I have saved'