Michele Pane ( Adami of

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, March 11, 1876 –

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, April 18, 1953) was an Italian American symbolist

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and

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who wrote in northern Calabrese.

Life

He was born at ( Adami of

( Calabria,

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) to a family of middle-class landowners. After the high school studies in

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and Monteleone, two centers rich with humanistic culture, he studied

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at the

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, but he interrupted his studies and he did not obtain a degree. His first poem, ''The Red Man'' (1898) caused him several disputes and even a trial. In 1899 he emigrated to the

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. In the US he was involved in various activities (wine merchant, Italian teacher, notary, bank clerk, journalist, etc.) He contributed also as a journalist with various literary writings. In 1924 he moved from

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, and then to

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, and he remained there for about thirty years. He died in Chicago on April 18, 1953.

Works

*''L'uominu russu'' (The Red Man, Foggia, 1898) *''Trilogia'' (Trilogy,

, 1901) *''Viole e ortiche'' (Violets and Nettles,

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, 1906) *''Accuordi'' (Chords,

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, 1911 *''Sorrisi'' (Smiles,

, 1914) *''Lu calavrise ngrisatu'' (The Americanized Calabrese,

, 1916) *''Peccati'' (Sins,

, 1916) *''Musa silvestre'' (Sylvan Muse,

Catanzaro Catanzaro (, or ; scn, label= Catanzarese, Catanzaru ; , or , ''Katastaríoi Lokrói''; ; la, Catacium), also known as the "City of the two Seas", is an Italian city of 86,183 inhabitants (2020), the capital of the Calabria region and of its p ...

, 1930) *''Garibaldina'' (

, 1949)

References

* Emilio Frangella (ed), Numero speciale dedicato a Michele Pane nel ventennale della sua morte, ''Calabria Letteraria'', XXI(7-9), 1973. * Giuseppe Falcone and Antonio Piromalli (eds), ''Le Poesie''.

Soveria Mannelli Soveria Mannelli ( scn, Suverìa Mannielli) is a town and '' comune'' in the province of Catanzaro, in the Calabria region of southern Italy. The town is bordered by Bianchi, Carlopoli, Colosimi, Decollatura, Gimigliano Gimigliano ( Calabri ...

: Rubbettino, 1987

External links

Michele Pane: Biography, Works

Enciclopedia Treccani, Michele Pane, Biography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pane, Michele 1876 births 1953 deaths Italian emigrants to the United States Italian poets Italian male poets American writers of Italian descent