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Umberto Saba

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Italian poet and novelist (1883-1957)

Person · Open Library

Born
1883-03-09
Died
1957-08-25
Works
151

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  • Mediterranee
  • Scorciatoie e raccontini
  • Storia e cronistoria del Canzoniere
  • Quello che resta de fare ai poeti
  • Epigrafe

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Type
Person
Country
US
Active from
1971-01-18

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Listeners
39
Total plays
117

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Key facts

Born
Umberto Poli , ( 1883-03-09 ) 9 March 1883, Trieste , Austria-Hungary
Died
25 August 1957 (1957-08-25) (aged 74), Gorizia , Italy
Occupation
Novelist , poet
Language
Italian
Genre
Fiction , poetry
Literary movement
Antinovecentismo
Spouse
Carolina (Lina) Wölfler (m. 1909–1956; 1 child)

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Wikidata facts

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Photo Portrait of the Italian poet Umberto Saba while watching birds in aviaries, 1950 - Touring Club Italiano 11 5508.jpg
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name in native language
Umberto Saba
date of birth
1893-03-09
date of death
1957-08-25
birth name
Umberto Poli
Commons category
Umberto Saba
pseudonym
Umberto da Montereale
start of work period
1900-00-00
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Umberto Saba (9 March 1883 – 25 August 1957) was an Italian poet and novelist, born Umberto Poli in the cosmopolitan Mediterranean port of Trieste when it was the fourth largest city of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Poli assumed the pen name "Saba" in 1910, and his name was officially changed to Umberto Saba in 1928. From 1919 he was the proprietor of an antiquarian bookshop in Trieste. He suffered from depression for all of his adult life.

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