Giovanni Bertacchi

Giovanni Bertacchi (9 February 1869 – 24 November 1942) was an Italian poet, teacher and literary critic.

Biography His poetry was heavily influenced by Giovanni Pascoli, both in terms of the search for metric forms and the characteristic taste for landscape descriptions.

He was a professor of Italian literature at the University of Padua from 1916 to 1938 when he voluntarily left the teaching position against fascism.

He was the author of critical studies on Dante, Leopardi, Manzoni, Alfieri, Mazzini. His first and perhaps most important poetic work is the Canzoniere delle Alpi, published in 1895. About 60 years, in conjunction with the release of his latest collection Il perenne domani (The Perennial Tomorrow). These were pervaded by the nostalgia for childhood and for its places of origin.

He was buried in the cemetery of Chiavenna, a sarcophagus created by Enrico Pancera.

Main works

Critical studies Ore dantesche (1914) Leopardi un maestro di vita (1917) - Leopards a Master of Life Il primo romanticismo lombardo (1920) - The first Lombard romance Il pensiero critico e le tragedie di A. Manzoni (1936) - The critical thought and tragedies of A. Manzoni

Verse stories Il canzoniere delle Alpi, Milano, Chiesa e Guindani (1895) - The songwriter of the Alps, Milan, Church and Guindani Poemetti lirici, Milano, Sonzogno (1898) - Poetry lyric, Milan, Sonzogno Le malie del passato, Milano, Libreria editrice lombarda, (1905) - The Mountains of the Past, Milan, Lombard Publishing House Alle sorgenti, Milano, Baldini e Castoldi, (1906) - At the sources, Milan, Baldini & Castoldi A fior di silenzio, Milano, Baldini e Castoldi (1912) - A silent flower, Milan, Baldini and Castoldi Riflessi di orizzonti, Milano, Baldini e Castoldi, (1921) - Reflections of horizons, Milan, Baldini and Castoldi Il perenne domani, Milano, Baldini e Castoldi, (1929) -

Other works Suona la sveglia (1921), inno ufficiale del Corpo nazionale giovani esploratori ed esploratrici italiani Marmi, vessilli ed eroi (orazioni, commemorazioni, ecc.), Milano, Baldini e Castoldi (1912) Voci dal mondo: antologia della lingua italiana, Torino, Paravia, 1926.