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Burchiello (1404–1449) was the pen name of an Italian poet, born Domenico di Giovanni. He is notable for his paradoxical style and the apparently absurd usages of his sonnets, which founded a school of writing and were much imitated.
Il testo delle ''Rime'' di Burchiello secondo l'edizione critica di Michelangelo Zaccarello
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Burchiello (1404–1449) was the pen name of an Italian poet, born Domenico di Giovanni. He is notable for his paradoxical style and the apparently absurd usages of his sonnets, which founded a school of writing and were much imitated.
Life and career
Born in Florence, his father Giovanni was a carpenter and his mother Antonia a spinner. He did not attend school and worked as a barber on via Calimala - as such he belonged to the Corporazione dei Medici e degli Speziali, the same guild asDante Alighieri
Dante Alighieri (; – 14 September 1321), probably baptized Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri and often referred to as Dante (, ), was an Italian poet, writer and philosopher. His ''Divine Comedy'', originally called (modern Italian: '' ...
. A literary and artistic circle including Leon Battista Alberti
Leon Battista Alberti (; 14 February 1404 – 25 April 1472) was an Italian Renaissance humanist author, artist, architect, poet, priest, linguist, philosopher, and cryptographer; he epitomised the nature of those identified now as polymaths. H ...
attended his barbershop, also frequented by those who opposed the excessive power of the Medici family.
In 1434, the same year as Cosimo il Vecchio
Cosimo di Giovanni de' Medici (27 September 1389 – 1 August 1464) was an Italian banker and politician who established the Medici family as effective rulers of Florence during much of the Italian Renaissance. His power derived from his wealth ...
's return from his Venetian exile, Burchiello fled Florence, most probably due to financial problems and to escape loan sharks, although some critics state he was exiled by Cosimo for his hostility to the Medici. He traveled to Sienna, where he was imprisoned for a few months in 1439 due to three fines, one for theft, one for a quarrel over a love affair and one for a professional dispute. In 1443 he opened a new barbershop in Rome, but died in poverty shortly after his arrival.
Poetry ''alla burchia''
The Burchiello tradition
References
Bibliography (in Italian)
* Giuseppe Crimi (ed.), ''30 sonetti del Burchiello'', Viareggio, Diaforia, Edizioni Cinquemarzo, 2016. * Giuseppe Crimi (ed.), ''L'oscura lingua e il parlar sottile: tradizione e fortuna del Burchiello'', Roma, Vecchiarelli, 2005. * Michelangelo Zaccarello (ed.), " I sonetti del Burchiello", Torino, Einaudi, 2004. * Michelangelo Zaccarello (ed.), "La fantasia fuor de' confini - Burchiello e dintorni a 550 anni dalla morte", Ediz. di Storia e Letteratura, Roma, 2002.External links (in Italian)
* (PDFIl testo delle ''Rime'' di Burchiello secondo l'edizione critica di Michelangelo Zaccarello
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