Domenico Gnoli (6 February 1838 – 12 April 1915) was an Italian author, librarian and art historian.

Biography

Gnoli was born in

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. He attracted public attention by his volume of poems published under the pseudonym of Dario Gaddi, and a collection of critical essays, ''Odi Tiberine''. He was professor of

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, and in 1893 was made prefect of the Library Vittorio Emanuele at Rome. He collaborated on the ''Nuova Antologia'', and co-founded and co-edited the magazine ''Archivio Storico dell'Arte''. His translations include the ''Römische Elegien'' of

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, and various other German classics. Many of his original essays were published in the ''Nuova Antologia''. His other writings are: * ''E morto il re'' (1882). * ''Canto dei pellegrini alla tomba del gran re'' (1883). * ''Le opere di Donatello in Roma''. * ''Il banco d'Agostino Chigi''.

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(published works) 1838 births 1915 deaths Italian male non-fiction writers Italian translators Academic staff of the University of Turin Writers from Rome 19th-century translators 19th-century Italian male writers Italian magazine editors {{Italy-writer-stub