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Enrico Testa

b. 1956

Italian essayist, poet and teacher

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Born 1956. Enrico Testa is an Italian essayist, poet and teacher.

Enrico Testa (born 1956) is an Italian poet. He works as a professor of Italian studies at the University of Genova.

Early life He received a PhD at Università di Pavia.

Career Enrico Testa is a professor of Italian Studies. He worked on short stories of the 15th and 16th century, and on the novel; in particular he became dedicated to 20th century Italian poetry, studying poets such Eugenio Montale, Giorgio Caproni, Alberto Vigevani and Edoardo Sanguineti.

He edited an anthology of Italian Contemporary Poetry (Dopo la lirica. Poeti italiani 1960–2000, Einaudi 2005). He translated High Windows by Philip Larkin. Testa was a visiting professor at Aarhus University in Denmark and a member of the PhD commission at Université Sorbonne Nouvelle of Paris.

He published books of poetry and dedicated some of his poems to his favorite football team, Sampdoria.

Selected poetry Le faticose attese, Genova: San Marco dei Giustiniani, 1988 In controtempo, Torino: Einaudi, 1994 La sostituzione, Torino: Einaudi, 2001 Pasqua di neve, Torino: Einaudi, 2008 Ablativo, Torino: Einaudi, 2013 Cairn, Torino: Einaudi, 2018 L'erba di nessuno, Torino: Einaudi, 2023

Criticism Il libro di poesia. Tipologie e analisi macrotestuali, Genova: Il Melangolo, 1983 Simulazione di parlato. Fenomeni dell'oralità nelle novelle del Quattro-Cinquecento, Firenze: Accademia della Crusca, 1991 Lo stile semplice. Discorso e romanzo, Torino: Einaudi, 1997 Per interposta persona. Lingua e poesia nel secondo Novecento, Roma: Bulzoni, 1999 Montale, Torino: Einaudi 2000 Eroi e figuranti. Il personaggio nel romanzo, Torino: Einaudi, 2009 Una costanza sfigurata. Lo statuto del soggetto nella poesia di Sanguineti, Novara: Interlinea, 2012 L'italiano nascosto. Una storia linguistica e culturale, Torino: Einaudi, 2014 Bulgaro. Storia di una parola malfamata, Bologna: Il Mulino, 2019

Awards 2013 – Premio Viareggio-Rèpaci, Poetry; Premio Mondello (for literary critic); Nel 2023 Premio Dessì;

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