Antoni Ballero de Càndia (born 1927 in Alghero,

Sardinia Sardinia ( ; it, Sardegna, label=Italian, Corsican and Tabarchino ; sc, Sardigna , sdc, Sardhigna; french: Sardaigne; sdn, Saldigna; ca, Sardenya, label=Algherese and Catalan) is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after ...

, died 9 March 2009) was an Italian poet and lawyer, member of La Palmavera society. Almost all of his works are in

Algherese dialect Algherese or Alguerese (Algherese: ) is the variant of Catalan spoken in the city of Alghero ( in Catalan), in the northwest of Sardinia, Italy. The dialect has its roots in 1372, when Catalan-speaking colonists were allowed to repopulate Alg ...

, a variety of the

Catalan language Catalan (; autonym: , ), known in the Valencian Community and Carche as ''Valencian'' (autonym: ), is a Western Romance language. It is the official language of Andorra, and an official language of three autonomous communities in eastern Spa ...

spoken in

Works

* ''Música de serenades'' (1951) * ''Vida'' (1951) * ''Alghero, Cara de roses'' (1961)

References

1927 births Italian male writers 20th-century Italian lawyers 2009 deaths {{Italy-writer-stub