Giovanni Pascoli

Also known as Giovanni Placido Agostino Pascoli

Italian poet and classical scholar (1855-1912)

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Vinony files it under 1855 births, 1912 deaths and 19th-century Italian male writers.

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Key facts

Born: ( 1855-12-31 ) 31 December 1855, San Mauro Pascoli , Papal States
Died: 6 April 1912 (1912-04-06) (aged 56), Bologna , Italy
Resting place: Castelvecchio di Barga
Occupation: Poet, scholar.
Literary movement: Symbolism , Decadentism

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Giovanni
Gender: male
Citizenship: Kingdom of Italy
Place of birth: San Mauro Pascoli
Place of death: Bologna
Sibling: Maria Pascoli
Occupation: literary critic
Educated at: University of Bologna
Employer: University of Bologna
Languages spoken: Italian
Native language: Italian
Religion: atheism
Image: Giovanni Pascoli 01.jpg
Work location: Italy

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manner of death: natural causes
date of birth: 1855-12-31
date of death: 1912-04-06
Commons category: Giovanni Pascoli
place of burial: Barga
cause of death: liver cancer
Commons Creator page: Giovanni Pascoli
birth name: Giovanni Agostino Placido Pascoli
writing language: Latin

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Works in European collections

3 objects attributed to Giovanni Pascoli, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Johannis Pascoli Myrmedon : Carmen praemio aureo ornatum in certamine poetico Hoeufftiano

Reditus Augusti, carmen (Johannis Pascoli) praemio aureo ornatum in certamine poetico Hoeufftiano

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Encyclopedic overview

Giovanni Placido Agostino Pascoli ( Italian: [dʒoˈvanni ˈpaskoli]; 31 December 1855 – 6 April 1912) was an Italian poet, classical scholar and an emblematic figure of Italian literature in the late nineteenth century. Alongside Gabriele D'Annunzio, he was one of the greatest Italian decadent poets.

The first publication of "Il Fanciullino" in 1897 reveals an intimate and introspective understanding of poetic sentiment. It emphasizes the importance of the particular and the everyday, while also evoking a childlike, almost primal dimension. According to Pascoli, only the poet can articulate the 'childishness' inherent in everyone. This notion enables him to assume the somewhat anachronistic role of a poet-vate and to reaffirm poetry's moral (particularly its consolatory) and civic value.

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