Umberto Piersanti (born February 26, 1941) is an Italian poet, prose writer, professor of sociology of literature at the

University of Urbino The University of Urbino "Carlo Bo" ( it, Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo", ''UniUrb'') is an Italian university located in Urbino, a walled hill-town in the region of Marche, located in the north-eastern part of central Italy. The ...

, in Italy, and editor of the literary revue ''Pelagos''.

Life and career

He was born in Urbino. During his writing career Piersanti published many poetry books and some novels and essays. He made his debut in 1967 with the collection of poems ''La breve stagione''; the melancholy preponderated in his juvenile poems, with Apennine nature, transformed into a mythical and classic place. In ''Nascere nel '40'' (1981) e ''Passaggio di sequenza'' (1986), Piersanti examined the historical and politic contest between 1960-1980. He was a nominee for the

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in 2005.

Bibliography

Poetry

* ''La breve stagione'' (1967) * ''Il tempo differente'' (1974) * ''L'urlo della mente'' (1977) * ''Nascere nel '40'' (1981), * ''Passaggio di sequenza'' (1986) * ''I luoghi persi'' (1994) * ''Nel tempo che precede'' (2002) * ''L'albero delle nebbie'' (2008)

Anthologies

* ''Per tempi e luoghi'' (1999) * ''El tiempo diferente'' (1999) * ''Selected poems'' (2002)

Novels

* ''L'uomo delle Cesane'' (1994) * ''L'estate dell'altro millennio'' (2001) * ''Olimpo'' (2006) * Co-author with

Andrea Aromatico Andrea Aromatico (born on 22 September 1966) is an Italian historian, Art history, art historian, journalist, essayist, writer and expert in Hermeticism, Hermetic iconography and Western esotericism, esotericism. Career Aromatico was born in Ur ...

, ''Il poeta e il cacciatore'' (2008)

Essays

* ''L'ambigua presenza'' (1980) * ''Sul limite d'ombra'' (1989) * ''Il pensiero, il corpo'' (1986) * ''Il canto magnanimo'' (2005)

Filmography

* ''L'età breve'' (1969–70) * Tre film-poemi (''Sulle Cesane'', 1982, ''Un'altra estate'' e ''Ritorno d'autunno'', 1988) * ''Un poeta e la sua terra'' (DVD on Umberto Piersanti, directed by Massimiliano Napoli, Librialice.it )

External links

Official website
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