Enrico Castelnuovo (February 12, 1839 – February 16, 1915) was an Italian

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who had an active role in the

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movement. He was the father of

Guido Castelnuovo Guido Castelnuovo (14 August 1865 – 27 April 1952) was an Italian mathematician. He is best known for his contributions to the field of algebraic geometry, though his contributions to the study of statistics and probability theory are also sign ...

Literary works

* '' Il quaderno della zia'', 1872 ("Aunt's notebook") * '' Nevica'', 1878 ("It Snows") * '' Reminiscenze e fantasie'', 1885 ("Reminiscences and fantasies") * '' Prima di partire'', 1890 ("Before leaving") * '' Il ritorno dell'Aretusa'', 1901 ("The return of Arethusa") * '' I coniugi Varedo'', 1913 ("The couple Varedo")

External links

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The complete text in Italian of "''Il quaderno della zia''"
{{DEFAULTSORT:Castelnuovo, Enrico Italian male writers 19th-century Italian Jews 1839 births 1915 deaths 20th-century Italian Jews