Carlo Dossi
Carlo Alberto Pisani Dossi (born March 27, 1849 in Zenevredo; died November 19, 1910, Cardina, Como) was an Italian writer, politician and diplomat. He belonged to the Scapigliati.[1]
Carlo Dossi | |
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| Born | Carlo Alberto Pisani Dossi March 27, 1849 Zenevredo |
| Died | November 10, 1910 (aged 61) Cardina |
| Occupation | novelist, essayist |
| Language | Italian |
| Literary movement | Scapigliatura |
| Notable works | L'altrieri. Vita di Alberto Pisanti La desinenza in A Note azzurre |
| Spouse | Carlotta Borsani |
In 1892 he became a diplomat in Colombia, where he married Carlotta Borsani, with whom he had three children. He came to Athens in 1895, there developing an appreciation for archeology.
He was an atheist.[2] Dossi was a politician.
Quotes
- Before I've read them, I never write my name into the books I buy, because only after that I can call them mine.
- In many endeavors to gain glory, not the goal is important, but the struggle.
- Madmen open the paths which are later traversed by the wise.
- Why do people avoid being alone? Because only few are in good company when left with themselves.
- Some open roads today so that others may pass tomorrow.
- Where the eyes willingly fall, so does the heart, and eventually the feet.
Works
- L'altrieri. Nero su bianco (1868)
- Vita di Alberto Pisani (1870)
- Elvira, elegia (1872)
- Il regno dei cieli (1873)
- Ona famiglia de cialapponi (1873)
- Ritratti umani, dal calamajo di un mèdico (1873)
- La colonia felice (1874)
- La desinenza in A (1878)
- Gocce d'inchiostro (1880)
- Ritratti umani. Campionario (1885)
- Amori (1887)
- Fricassea critica d'arte, letteratura e storia (1906)
- Rovaniana (1944)
- Note azzurre (1912-1964)
External links
- Liber Liber Biblioteca (in Italian)
References
- Peter Bondanella (ed.), Andrea Ciccarelli (ed.): The Cambridge Companion to the Italian Novel, Cambridge University Press 2003; p. 4.
- Linati, Carlo, Dossi, Garzanti, Milano, 1944, p. 452.
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