About Ottavio Profeta
Lived 1890 – 1963 (aged 73). Ottavio Profeta was an Italian poet, novelist, comedy writer and writer.
Ottavio Profeta (October 10, 1890 – November 23, 1963) was an Italian poet.
Biography Ottavio Profeta was born in Aidone, Italy on October 10, 1890, to Franco and Adele Piazza. After earning a university degree in law and a short public job in Catania, Sicily, he befriended Giovanni Verga, Luigi Capuana and Luigi Pirandello, and followed their lead in artistically representing the fall of romantic illusions, with a focus on "losers", the poor, and the middle-class, which he viewed as trapped between desperation and disillusionment. He died in Mascalucia in 1963.
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Who was Ottavio Profeta?
Italian poet (1890-1963)
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Ottavio Profeta was born on 10 October 1890 in Aidone.
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Ottavio Profeta died on 23 November 1963 in Mascalucia.
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Ottavio Profeta was a poet, novelist, comedy writer and writer.
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Ottavio Profeta was Italian.
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