Sebastiano Satta (Nuoro, 21 May 1867 – Nuoro 29 November 1914) was an Italian poet, writer, lawyer and journalist. He is considered the best-known Sardinian poet. Many streets in Italy are named after him, including the square where he used to live in

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, where sculptures made by

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are located. He graduated in law at the

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in 1894. After collaborating with the regional newspaper

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, he successfully worked in Nuoro as a lawyer. During his life in Nuoro, he had close relationships with the other intellectuals living in the town, including

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. Thanks to their notables works, Nuoro was starting to be referred as "Atene Sarda" ''(Sardinian Athens)''.http://www.regione.sardegna.it/messaggero/2004_ottobre_19.pdf

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Satta, Sebastiano 1867 births 1914 deaths Italian male writers University of Sassari alumni 19th-century Italian lawyers Italian poets