Antonio Fogazzaro

Italian author
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Quick Facts
Born:
March 25, 1842, Vicenza, Republic of Venice [Italy]
Died:
March 7, 1911, Vicenza (aged 68)
Movement / Style:
Decadentism

Antonio Fogazzaro (born March 25, 1842, Vicenza, Republic of Venice [Italy]—died March 7, 1911, Vicenza) was an Italian novelist whose works reflect the conflict between reason and faith.

Fogazzaro came from a wealthy family. He cultivated his interest in music and literature at his leisure and established his reputation as a novelist only late in life with Malombra (1881; The Woman), Daniele Cortis (1885; Daniele Cortis), and Il mistero del poeta (1888; The Poet’s Mystery). His best-known work, Piccolo mondo antico (1896; The Little World of the Past), was highly acclaimed, even by critics unsympathetic to his religious and philosophical ideas.

Fogazzaro became a member of the Italian Senate in 1896. He was the author of short stories and plays as well as of novels, and his poetry is collected in Valsolda (1886).

4:043 Dickinson, Emily: A Life of Letters, This is my letter to the world/That never wrote to me; I'll tell you how the Sun Rose/A Ribbon at a time; Hope is the thing with feathers/That perches in the soul
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