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Ignazio Buttitta

イグナツィオ・ブティッタ

Ignazio Buttitta

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1899-09-19 （Bagheria, Italy）
Died
1997-04-05 （Italy） age 97
Nationality
Italian
Languages
Sicilian, Italian
Religion
Unknown （Baptismal Name: None）
Residence History
Bagheria, Italy → Milan, Italy

Career

Occupations
Poet
Active Years
1920-1997
Memberships
Italian Socialist Party, Italian Communist Party
Influenced
Elio Vittorini, Salvatore Quasimodo, Renato Guttuso

Awards

Viareggio Prize
1972
Work: I am a poet
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Sintimintali

1920 Poetry

Early collection of sentimental poetry.

SentimentSicily

Marabedda

1928 Poetry

Poetry collection published in 1928.

Sicily

Lu pani si chiama pani

1954 Poetry

The bread is called bread, published with support from Italian Communist Party.

Social issuesSicilian identity

Io faccio il poeta

1972 Poetry

Winner of Viareggio Prize.

Poet's self-definition

Lingua e dialettu

Poem

Famous poem about language and dialect, urging Sicilians to preserve their language.

LanguageSicilian culture
Translations
  • French, Russian, Greek

Translations of Works

  • Translations into French, Russian, Greek

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Poetry in Sicilian languagePopular expressionsSocial themes
Recurring Motifs
Nostalgia for SicilySocial injusticePreservation of language

Legacy

Italian poet who wrote predominantly in Sicilian, known for his political engagement and themes of Sicilian identity and language.

In Popular Culture

  • Music by Otello Profazio
  • Sung by Etta Scollo

Quotes

  • A people becomes poor and servile when their language is stolen from them inherited from their forefathers: it is lost forever.
    Source: Lingua e dialettu
  • The ships arrive So many ships at Palermo The pirates come ashore With infernal faces They steal from us the sun, the sun We are left in darkness what a darkness Sicily weeps!
    Source: The Pirates of Palermo

Trivia

  • Served in World War I before starting poetry.
  • Imprisoned by fascists and narrowly escaped death penalty.