Camillo Sbarbaro (Zbarbaro) ( Italian: Camillo Sbarbaro ; January 12, 1888 , Santa Margherita Ligure - October 31, 1967 , Savona ) - Italian poet , writer and translator . Nerd .
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The author of the names of a number of botanical taxa . In the botanical ( binary ) nomenclature, these names are supplemented by the abbreviation " Sbarbaro " . Personal page on IPNI website |
Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 Creativity
- 3 Scientific activities
- 4 Selected Works
- 5 notes
- 6 References
Biography
In 1908 he graduated from the G. Ciabrera Institute in Savona. In the years 1910-1911 he worked there at a steel mill. He later lived in Genoa and Florence.
After the outbreak of World War I, he volunteered for the Italian Red Cross . In February 1917 he was drafted into the army. In July, he went to the front.
After the war he earned giving Latin and Greek lessons. In 1927 he became a teacher of Greek and Latin at the Jesuit Institute Arezzo in Genoa. Since 1933 - worked in the newspaper Gazzetta del Popolo .
In 1949 he was awarded the Journalism Prize - Premio Saint-Vincent per il giornalismo. Feltrinelli Prize Winner for 1962 Literature.
Creativity
He made his debut as a poet in 1911. In the poetry collections “Resins” (“Resine”, 1911), “Pianissimo” (“Pianissimo”, 1914) and others, the influence of J. Leopardi , J. Pascoli and the school of “Twilight Poetry” is felt . reflecting the fear of the intelligentsia before the development of anti-humanistic theories, ideologically preparing the war, with its melancholic tone, as well as a polemic with rhetorical sophistication by G. D'Annunzio .
The prose works of C. Sbarbaro are dominated by the lyrical beginning: the collections of Shavings (Trucioli, 1920), Liquidation (Liquidazione, 1928), etc.
The lyrics of the post-war years are distinguished by restraint of intonation, subtle psychologism ; from the eleventh white K. Sbarbaro goes to free rhythm: "Remains" ("Rimanenze", 1955), etc.
He was engaged in translations of Greek and French classics. Among them: translations of the works of O. de Balzac , G. Flaubert , J. C. Huysmans , R. Martin du Gard, and others.
Scientific activity
In addition to creative, he was also engaged in scientific activities. Explored Lichens . His large collection of lichens was donated to him by the Museum of Natural History in Genoa. Many of the samples that he collected and cataloged are stored in the botanical museums of European and American universities. He made an important contribution to the collection of the Field Museum in Chicago (USA).
Of the 127 new species described by C. Sbarbaro, twenty are named after him.
He is the author of a number of works on natural sciences .
Selected Works
- Poetry
- Resine, Caimo, 1911
- Pianissimo, Florence, 1914
- Trucioli (1914-1918), Florence, 1920
- Liquidazione (1914-1918), Turin, 1928
- Rimanenze, Milan, 1955
- Primizie, Milan, 1958
- Poesie, Milan, 1961
- Prose
- Fuochi fatui, Milan, 1956
- Scampoli, Florence, 1960
- Gocce, Milan, 1963
- Quisquilie, Milan, 1967
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 BNF identifier : Open Data Platform 2011.
Links
- Camillo Sbarbaro (Italian)