Salvatore Satta (9 August 1902 in

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– 19 April 1975 in

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) was an Italian

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and writer. He is famous for the novel '' The Day of Judgment'' (orig. it, Il giorno del giudizio) (1975), and for several important studies on civil law.

Biography

He was the youngest son of notary Salvatore Satta and Antonietta Galfrè, and relative of

Sebastiano Satta 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 ...

. After attending the

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and

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, he graduated in law in 1924 at the

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. He is considered one of Italy's foremost jurists, in particular for his works on the Italian

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after the

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, and one of the greatest Sardinian authors.

Bibliography

*U. Nicolini, ''Leggendo il "De profundis" di Salvatore Satta'', "Humanitas", IV, 1949. *F. Martinazzoli, ''De profundis'', "Studi sardi", IX, 1950. *E. Pera Genzone, Salvatore Satta, "De profundis", "Filosofia", aprile 1981. * F. Pappalardo La Rosa, ''Sulla veranda, anime messe a nudo, ''"L'Umanità", 21 July 1981. *R. Morabito, ''La storia senza storia di Salvatore Satta'', in Parola e scrittura, Roma, Bulzoni, 1984. *N. De Giovanni, ''La scrittura sommersa-Itinerari su Salvatore Satta'', Cagliari, Gia Editrice, 1984. *G. Mameli, ''Scrittori sardi del Novecento'', Cagliari, EdiSar, 1989. *M. G. Longhi, ''Elogio del Giorno del giudizio: saggi di analisi testuale'', s.l., Edizioni Mare, 1990. *U. Collu (a cura di), ''Salvatore Satta giuristascrittore'', Atti del Convegno internazionale di Studi "Salvatore Satta giuristascrittore", Nuoro 6–9 aprile 1989, Nuoro, Consorzio per la pubblica lettura "S. Satta", 1990. *

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, ''Rileggendo da antropologo 'Il giorno del Giudizio, in U. Collu 1990 (vedi qui sopra), pp. 283–290. *Cristina Lavinio, ''Il giorno del giudizio di Salvatore Satta'', in ''Narrare un'isola. Lingua e stile di scrittori sardi'', Roma, Bulzoni, 1991, pp. 111–120. * Cristina Lavinio, ''L'(auto)ironia ossimorica di un "ridicolo dio", in Id. ''Narrare un'isola'', Roma, Bulzoni, 1991, pp.121–150. *B. Bigi, ''L'autorità della lingua: per una nuova lettura dell'opera di Salvatore Satta'', Ravenna, Longo 1994. *V. Gazzola Stacchini, ''Come in un giudizio. Vita di Salvatore Satta'', Roma, Donzelli, 2002. *Giovanni Bianco, ''Crisi dello Stato e del diritto in Salvatore Satta'', in Clio, 2003, n.4,pagg.703-715. * B. Pischedda, ''"Ora che la terra li copre tutti": S. Satta, Il Giorno del giudzio'', in ''La grande sera del mondo: romanzi apocalittici nell'Italia del benessere'', Aragno, Torino 2004, pp. 29–83. * B. Pischedda, ''Le agende di Satta'', in ''Mettere giudizio. 25 occasioni di critica militante'', Diabasis, Reggio Emilia 2006, pp. 29–33. * Klaus Lüderssen: ''Die düstere Poesie des Paradoxen im Recht. Juristen sollten Literatur studieren; Kafka, der Dichter des „Prozesses“ hatte europäische Verwandte in Tadeusz Breza und Salvatore Satta''. In: '' FAZ'', Nr. 36 vom 11. Februar 2006, S. 45. * Maria Schäfer: ''Studien zur modernen sardischen Literatur. Die Menschen- und Landschaftsdarstellung bei

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, Salvatore Satta, Giuseppe Dessi und

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''. Dissertation, Universität Saarbrücken 1986. *Antonio Delogu, '' Giuseppe Capograssi tra Salvatore Satta e Antonio Pigliaru'' in Antonio Delogu e Aldo Maria Morace, a cura di, ''Esperienza e verità'', Il Mulino, 2009; *Antonio Delogu, ''Le radici fenomenologico-capograssiane di Satta giurista-scrittore'' in ''Salvatore Satta giurista scrittore'', Nuoro, Consorzio per la Lettura 'S. Satta', 1990; *Antonio Delogu, ''Giudizio e pena in Salvatore Satta'' in U. Collu, a cura di, ''Salvatore Satta, oltre il giudizio. Il diritto, il romanzo, la vita'', Donzelli, 2005; *Antonio Delogu, ''Giustizia e pena in Salvatore Satta'' in ''Rivista Internazionale di Filosofia del Diritto'', 2007, n.4. * Cristina Lavinio, ''Ex ungue leonem. Stimoli didattici dal frammento al testo'', in ''Il giorno del giudizio. Ambiti e modelli di lettura'', a cura di M. Masala e V. Serra, Aipsa Edizioni, Cagliari, 2012, pp. 123–135. *

, ''Il luogo del giudizio'', in ''Il dito alzato'', Palermo,

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, 2012, pp. 186–191. *Francesco Casula, Letteratura e civiltà della Sardegna, vol.I, Grafica del Parteolla Editore, Dolianova, 2011, pagg.179–189. *Simone Marsi, L’essere umano e il suo destino. Sulla «Veranda» di Salvatore Satta, in "Strumenti Critici", a. XXXIII n. 3, settembre-dicembre 2018, pp. 559-573

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Satta, Salvatore 1902 births 1975 deaths Italian jurists Italian male writers People from Sardinia 20th-century jurists