Raffaello Baldini

Raffaello "Lello" Baldini (24 November 1924 – 28 March 2005), was an Italian poet in the Romagnol language.

Born in Santarcangelo di Romagna in 1924, Baldini was part of the town's literary-artistic circle, which met in a bar owned by his parents, and Intercity (2000), As well as poems, Baldini wrote several theatrical monologues, such as (1993), grotesque, exploring the anxieties of the human condition through the monologues of ordinary people. Others in the circle included Tonino Guerra, , , , Rina Macrelli, and other artists from the neighbouring countryside. he graduated in philosophy from the University of Bologna, first on religious affairs, then on cultural news.

Writing career His first publication and only novel, Autotem (1967), It won the Gabbice Prize. For Ravenna Teatro, a consortium of the city's theatres, Baldini wrote (1998),

Death and legacy Baldini died in Milan on 28 March 2005. In his lifetime, critic counted him among "the three or four most important poets in Italy". said of Baldini: In 2019, and Ermanno Cavazzoni published an anthology of Baldini's poets with Italian translations.

Style Baldini's poetry has been described as surreal, capturing the picturesque heritage of regional Italy. Matched with the content of his poems, Romagnol reinforces Baldini's ironic commentary of modernity: an obituary by Gian Luigi Beccaria reflected that Baldini "let Italian enter [into his monologues] in pieces, as an inexpressive, standardised, multimedia language".

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