Alessio di Giovanni (Cianciana, 11 October 1872 – Palermo, 6 December 1946) was an Italian poet, novelist, and playwright.[1] Much of his work is in Sicilian.[2]

Early life

di Giovanni was born in the Cianciana in the province of Agrigento on October 11, 1872 to parents Gaetano di Giovanni and Filippa Guida. His father owned a large holding of the countryside around Cianciana including several sulfur mines. Di Giovanni's later poetic works were influenced by the rugged mountains and isolated fields of the Platani Valley[3] in which his birthplace of Cianciana can be found. His father, in those years, was elected mayor of Cianciana for three consecutive terms, from 1876 to 1884 . Alessio then spent his childhood in the small town of Agrigento, attending elementary schools from 1878 to 1884. At age 12 he moved with his family to Palermo, Sicily.[4]

Career works

sources:[4][5]

Stories

  • Popular songs from Agrigento , Noto, Zammit, 1894.
  • ' Ntra l'aira , Catania, 22 November 1896.
  • Maju sicilianu , Naples, Chiurazzi, 1896.
  • Lu fattu di Bbissana , Naples, 1900.
  • Fattuzzi razziusi , Naples, 1900.
  • A lu passu di Girgenti , Catania, 1902.
  • Lu cuntu di lu patruni , Palermo, June 1901.
  • Saccular clouds , November 29, 1903.
  • La minnitta , December 8, 1903.
  • Return amaru , December 20, 1903.
  • In the Valplàtani , Palermo, 1904.
  • Cristu , Palermo, 1906.
  • Za Francischedda , Palermo, June 3, 1910.
  • Nini's pantry from la zurfara , Palermo, 1910.

Poems

  • ' Nfernu veru , Naples, Chiurazzi, 1899.
  • Lu puvireddu amurusu , Palermo, 1906.
  • Father Luca's poem , Palermo-Milan, 1935.
  • The seat cu li vrazza , Palermo, 1911.
  • Vènnari di marzu , Palermo, 1911.
  • Voices of the feud , Palermo, 1938.

Novels

  • The deaths of lu Patriarca , Palermo, 1920.
  • The racina of Sant'Antoni , Catania, 1939.
  • Lu saracinu , Palermo, 1980.

Articles

  • Story of a woman , Sicilian Chronicle, Terranova di Sicilia, April 10, 1889.
  • For a popular poet, Popular illustration, Milan, February 15, 1889.
  • Na dumanna to Turiddu Mamu , La Patria, 15 September 1889.
  • Art at the Exhibition , Friend of the people, Palermo, January 7, 1892.
  • For the lamp of the Madonna , Corriere di Palermo, Palermo, July 1892.
  • The inventor of phonographs , La fenice, Girgenti, 4 September 1898.
  • On the sacred Verna , Gazzetta di Messina and Calabria, Messina 26 May 1904.
  • Holy week in Valplatani , January–February 1907.
  • The seat cu li vrazza , Corriere di Sicilia, Palermo, February 12, 1911.
  • Vennari of March , Corriere di Sicilia, 11 April 1911.
  • Our articles in Felibre , Corriere di Sicilia, Palermo, 12 May 1911.
  • In the field of felibri , Corriere di Sicilia, Palermo, 27 February et seq. 1911.
  • From felibri , Il Solco, Palermo, January 1912.
  • A poet priest and a chivalrous brigand , Corriere di Sicilia, Palermo, 1912.

Essays

  • Saru Platania and dialectal poetry in Sicily , Naples, 1896.
  • Peasants from Valdelsa and villagers from Realmonte , Naples, 1900.
  • In Val di Noto , Sicula, Palermo, January–February 1905.
  • The Modica Costume Painter , May–June 1905.
  • The poetry of a loner , Palermo, Coop. Tip. Sicilian, 1913.
  • The art of Giovanni Verga , Palermo, 1920.
  • The Franciscan dream , Assisi, 1922.
  • The Sicilian dialect in the work of Verga , Siciliana, Catania, January 1923.
  • The dialect and the language , Palermo, 1924.
  • The modernity of the Franciscan ideal , The Tradition, Palermo, 1928.
  • Verga and the felibrige , Studies by Verga, Palermo, 1929.
  • Priests and Franciscans of Sicily in the Garibaldi Epic of 1860 , Palermo, 1932.
  • The Life and Work of Giovanni Meli , Florence, 1934.

Theatrical works

  • Scunciuru , Noto, Orecchia, 1895.
  • Gabrieli lu Carusu , Palermo, Maraffa Abate, 1910.
  • The Last Sicilians , Catania, 1932.
  • Sicilian theater , collection, Catania, 1932.

Translations

  • G. Pascoli, Abandoned , November 3, 1903.
  • G. Roumanille, Provençal tales , Palermo, 1913.
  • T. Aubanel, The Virgins of Avignon , Milan, 1914.
  • M. Jouveau, Image Flourentin, Avignon, 1921.
  • The Fioretti di San Francesco , Palermo, 1926.
  • A. Pisaneschi, The voices of the mountain , Pistoia, Grazzini, 1926.
  • G. Verdaguer, The poem of St. Francis , Assisi, 1927.
  • G. Jorgensen, Olivae Fructus , Florence, 1929.

References

  1. ↑ Haller, Hermann W. (1999). The Other Italy: The Literary Canon in Dialect. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. p. 320. ISBN 9781442681996. OCLC 288144529.
  2. ↑ "Premio letterario "Alessio Di Giovanni", proroga di un mese". ScrivoLibero.it (in Italian). 2020-05-16. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
  3. ↑ Spampinato, Margherita Beretta (1991). "DI GIOVANNI, Alessio". Treccani. Archived from the original on 2012-02-14. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
  4. 1 2 "ALESSIO DI GIOVANNI" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2006-09-12. Retrieved May 11, 2021.
  5. ↑ "BiblioToscana - Alessio Di Giovanni". biblio.toscana.it. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
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