''Circoli'' was an

Italian language Italian (''italiano'' or ) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire. Together with Sardinian, Italian is the least divergent language from Latin. Spoken by about ...

bimonthly literary magazine published in

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, Italy, between 1931 and 1936. It was described as one of the most distinguished European magazines in 1934.

History and profile

''Circoli'' was started in Genoa in 1931. Adriano Grande, an Italian

poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems ( oral or wri ...

, was the founder of the magazine, which intended to be the successor of '' Solaria'', a literary magazine published in

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and Florentine. ''Circoli'' was subtitled ''Rivista di Poesi'' (Italian: ''Poetry Magazine'') and was published on a bimonthly basis. The publisher was Grafico editoriale. From 1935 the frequency of the magazine became monthly. Grande was also the director of the magazine, which published translations of the work by international authors, among others.

Attilio Bertolucci Attilio Bertolucci (18 November 1911 – 14 June 2000) was an Italian poet and writer. He was father to film directors Bernardo and Giuseppe Bertolucci. Biography Bertolucci was born at San Lazzaro ( province of Parma), to a family of agricult ...

and

Salvatore Quasimodo Salvatore Quasimodo (; August 20, 1901 – June 14, 1968) was an Italian poet and translator. In 1959, he won the Nobel Prize in Literature "for his lyrical poetry, which with classical fire expresses the tragic experience of life in our own time ...

were among the contributors to the magazine. During its existence the magazine was supported by the press office. In December 1939 the magazine was closed down with the publication of the twelfth issue.

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