Marino Moretti (born
Cesenatico
Cesenatico ( rgn, Ziznàtic) is a port town with about 26,000 inhabitants on the Adriatic coast of Italy. It is located in the province of Forlì-Cesena in the region of Emilia-Romagna, about south of Ravenna. Cesenatico's port canal was surv ...
, Italy; July 18, 1885 – July 6, 1979)
was an
Italian poet and author.
Moretti's mother instilled in him a love of literature. After a failed attempt at an acting career, he began writing poetry; his first work being published in 1903. During his career, Moretti wrote twenty novels, eight books of verses, three book-length memoirs, and many
short stories
A short story is a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood. The short story is one of the oldest t ...
.
[ Among his better known works are ''The Voice of God'' (1920) and ''Widow of Fioravanti'' (1971).][ Moretti's home in Italy has been turned into a museum.][
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Works
Poetry
*Il poema di un'armonia, Ducci, Firenze, 1903
*La sorgente della pace, Ducci, Firenze, 1903
*Fraternità, Sandron, Palermo, 1905
*La serenata delle zanzare, Streglio, Torino, 1908
*Poesie scritte col lapis, Ricciardi, Napoli, 1910
*Poesie di tutti i giorni (1910–1911), Ricciardi, Napoli, 1911
*Poemetti di Marino, Tipografia Edizione Nazionale, Roma, 1913
*Il giardino dei frutti, Ricciardi, Napoli, 1916
*Poesie (1905–1915), Treves, Milano, 1919
*L'ultima estate (1965–1968), Arnoldo Mondadori
Arnoldo Mondadori Editore () is the biggest publishing company in Italy.
History
The company was founded in 1907 in Ostiglia by 18-year-old Arnoldo Mondadori who began his publishing career with the publication of the magazine ''Luce!''. In 1 ...
Editore, Milano, 1969
*Tre anni e un giorno (1967–1968), Mondadori, Milano, 1971
*Le poverazze (1968–1972), Mondadori, Milano, 1973
*Diario a due voci, Mondadori
Arnoldo Mondadori Editore () is the biggest publishing company in Italy.
History
The company was founded in 1907 in Ostiglia by 18-year-old Arnoldo Mondadori who began his publishing career with the publication of the magazine ''Luce!''. In 1 ...
, Milano, 1973
*Diario senza le date, Mondadori
Arnoldo Mondadori Editore () is the biggest publishing company in Italy.
History
The company was founded in 1907 in Ostiglia by 18-year-old Arnoldo Mondadori who began his publishing career with the publication of the magazine ''Luce!''. In 1 ...
, Milano, 1974
*Poesie scritte col lapis, Palomar, Bari, 2002
Prose
*Il paese degli equivoci, novelle, Sandron, Palermo, 1907
*Sentimento, libro per ragazzi, Sandron, Palermo, 1908
*I lestofanti, novelle, Sandron, Palermo, 1909
*Ah,Ah,Ah!, Sandron, Palermo, 1910
*I pesci fuor d'acqua, novelle, Treves, Milano, 1914
*Il sole del sabato, romanzo, Treves, Milano, 1916
*La bandiera alla finestra, novelle, Treves, Milano, 1917
*Guenda, romanzo, Treves, Milano, 1918
*Conoscere il mondo, novelle, Treves, Milano, 1919
*Adamo ed Eva, Milano, 1919
*Personaggi secondari, novelle, Milano, 1920
*Una settimana in Paradiso, novelle, Milano, 1920
*Cinque novelle, novelle, Formiggini, Roma, 1920
*La voce di Dio, romanzo, Milano, 1920
*L'isola dell'amore, romanzo, Milano, 1920
*Né bella né brutta, romanzo, Milano, 1921
*Due fanciulli, romanzo, Milano 1922
*I puri di cuore, romanzo, Milano, 1923
*Mia madre, Treves, Milano, 1923
*Il romanzo della mamma, Treves, Milano, 1924
*La vera grandezza, novelle, Treves, Milano, 1926
*Il segno della croce, Treves, Milano, 1926
*Le capinere, novelle, Mondadori
Arnoldo Mondadori Editore () is the biggest publishing company in Italy.
History
The company was founded in 1907 in Ostiglia by 18-year-old Arnoldo Mondadori who began his publishing career with the publication of the magazine ''Luce!''. In 1 ...
, Milano, 1926
*Le più belle pagine di E. Praga, I. U. Tarchetti e A. Boito, a cura di Marino Moretti, Treves, Milano, 1926
*Allegretto quasi allegro, novelle, Milano, 1927
*Il trono dei poveri, (unico romanzo italiano ambientato nella Repubblica di San Marino) 1 Treves, Milano, 1927
*Il tempo felice. Ricordi d'infanzia e d'altre stagioni, Treves, Milano, 1929
*La casa del Santo sangue, romanzo, Mondadori
Arnoldo Mondadori Editore () is the biggest publishing company in Italy.
History
The company was founded in 1907 in Ostiglia by 18-year-old Arnoldo Mondadori who began his publishing career with the publication of the magazine ''Luce!''. In 1 ...
, Milano, 1930
*Via Laura. Il libro dei sorprendenti vent'anni, Treves, Milano, 1931
*Sorprese del buon Dio, novelle, Mondadori
Arnoldo Mondadori Editore () is the biggest publishing company in Italy.
History
The company was founded in 1907 in Ostiglia by 18-year-old Arnoldo Mondadori who began his publishing career with the publication of the magazine ''Luce!''. In 1 ...
, Milano, 1931
*Guy de Maupassant: Una vita, traduzione di Marino Moretti, Mondadori
Arnoldo Mondadori Editore () is the biggest publishing company in Italy.
History
The company was founded in 1907 in Ostiglia by 18-year-old Arnoldo Mondadori who began his publishing career with the publication of the magazine ''Luce!''. In 1 ...
, Milano, 1931
*Fantasie olandesi, Treves, Milano, 1933
*L'Andreana, romanzo, Mondadori
Arnoldo Mondadori Editore () is the biggest publishing company in Italy.
History
The company was founded in 1907 in Ostiglia by 18-year-old Arnoldo Mondadori who began his publishing career with the publication of the magazine ''Luce!''. In 1 ...
, Milano, 1935
*Parole e musica, Firenze, 1936
*Novelle per Urbino, Urbino, 1937
*Anna degli elefanti, romanzo, Mondadori
Arnoldo Mondadori Editore () is the biggest publishing company in Italy.
History
The company was founded in 1907 in Ostiglia by 18-year-old Arnoldo Mondadori who began his publishing career with the publication of the magazine ''Luce!''. In 1 ...
, Milano, 1937
*Scrivere non è necessario, Mondadori
Arnoldo Mondadori Editore () is the biggest publishing company in Italy.
History
The company was founded in 1907 in Ostiglia by 18-year-old Arnoldo Mondadori who began his publishing career with the publication of the magazine ''Luce!''. In 1 ...
, Milano, 1937
*Pane in desco, Mondadori
Arnoldo Mondadori Editore () is the biggest publishing company in Italy.
History
The company was founded in 1907 in Ostiglia by 18-year-old Arnoldo Mondadori who began his publishing career with the publication of the magazine ''Luce!''. In 1 ...
, Milano, 1939
*La vedova Fioravanti, romanzo, Mondadori
Arnoldo Mondadori Editore () is the biggest publishing company in Italy.
History
The company was founded in 1907 in Ostiglia by 18-year-old Arnoldo Mondadori who began his publishing career with the publication of the magazine ''Luce!''. In 1 ...
, Milano, 1941
*L'odore del pane, Morcelliana, Brescia, 1942
*Cento novelle, Torino, 1942
*I coniugi Allori, romanzo, Mondadori
Arnoldo Mondadori Editore () is the biggest publishing company in Italy.
History
The company was founded in 1907 in Ostiglia by 18-year-old Arnoldo Mondadori who began his publishing career with the publication of the magazine ''Luce!''. In 1 ...
, Milano, 1946
*Il fiocco verde, romanzo, Mondadori
Arnoldo Mondadori Editore () is the biggest publishing company in Italy.
History
The company was founded in 1907 in Ostiglia by 18-year-old Arnoldo Mondadori who began his publishing career with the publication of the magazine ''Luce!''. In 1 ...
, Milano, 1948
*Il pudore, romanzo, Mondadori
Arnoldo Mondadori Editore () is the biggest publishing company in Italy.
History
The company was founded in 1907 in Ostiglia by 18-year-old Arnoldo Mondadori who began his publishing career with the publication of the magazine ''Luce!''. In 1 ...
, Milano, 1950 (rifacimento di Il tempo felice)
*A Panzini: La cicuta, i gigli e le rose, a cura di Marino Moretti, Mondadori
Arnoldo Mondadori Editore () is the biggest publishing company in Italy.
History
The company was founded in 1907 in Ostiglia by 18-year-old Arnoldo Mondadori who began his publishing career with the publication of the magazine ''Luce!''. In 1 ...
, Milano, 1950
*I grilli di Pazzo Pazzi, Milano, 1951
*Il tempo migliore, prose, Milano, 1953
*Uomini soli, novelle, Milano, 1954
*Doctor Mellifluus, romanzo, Milano, 1954
*La camera degli sposi, romanzo, Milano, 1958
*Il libro dei miei amici. Ritratti letterari, Mondadori
Arnoldo Mondadori Editore () is the biggest publishing company in Italy.
History
The company was founded in 1907 in Ostiglia by 18-year-old Arnoldo Mondadori who began his publishing career with the publication of the magazine ''Luce!''. In 1 ...
, Milano, 1960
Theater
*Leonardo da Vinci, teatro (with F. Cazzamini Mussi), Baldini e Castoldi, Milano, 1909
*Gli Allighieri, teatro (with F. Cazzamini Mussi), Baldini e Castoldi, Milano, 1910
*Frate sole, Milano, 1911
*L'isola dell'amore, in "Rassegna italiana", aprile-maggio 1924
References
External links
Marino Moretti
in Enciclopedia Treccani
The ''Enciclopedia Italiana di Scienze, Lettere e Arti'' (Italian for "Italian Encyclopedia of Science, Letters, and Arts"), best known as ''Treccani'' for its developer Giovanni Treccani or ''Enciclopedia Italiana'', is an Italian-language en ...
Marino Moretti
in Encyclopedia Britannica
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1885 births
1979 deaths
Italian male poets
20th-century Italian poets
20th-century Italian male writers
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