Carlo Alberto Pisani Dossi (born March 27, 1849 in
Zenevredo
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; died November 19, 1910,
Cardina,
Como
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Its proximity to Lake Como and ...
) was an Italian writer, politician and diplomat. He belonged to the
Scapigliati.
In 1892 he became a diplomat in
Colombia
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, where he married Carlotta Borsani, with whom he had three children. He came to
Athens
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in 1895, there developing an appreciation for archeology.
He was an atheist.
[Linati, Carlo, ''Dossi'', Garzanti, Milano, 1944, p. 452.]
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
References
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1849 births
1910 deaths
Italian male writers
Scapigliatura Movement
Italian politicians