Alberto Bertoni
Illustration — Image of Alberto Bertoni Alberto Bertoni (born 1955) is an Italian poet, literary critic and professor at Università degli Studi di Bologna.
Alberto Bertoni

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- Italy
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- poet · essayist · translator · university teacher · writer · director · literary historian · literary scholar
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- Italian literature · Italian poetry · history of literature · translation from English
- Education
- University of Bologna
- Teachers
- Ezio Raimondi
- Honours
- Dessì Prize
- Languages
- Italian · Spanish
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Illustration — Image of Alberto Bertoni Alberto Bertoni (born 1955) is an Italian poet, literary critic and professor at Università degli Studi di Bologna.
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Alberto Bertoni studied at University of Bologna. Training under Ezio Raimondi is recorded. The recorded working language is Italian and Spanish. The field of work recorded is Italian literature, Italian poetry and history of literature. Employment is recorded with University of Bologna and Free University of Bozen-Bolzano. Distinctions recorded are Dessì Prize.
The poet Bertoni was born to Modena and since 1993 has been teaching Italian literature at Bologna University. He is the author of Dai simbolisti al Novecento. Le origini del verso libero italiano (il Mulino: Bologna 1995), Una geografia letteraria tra Emilia e Romagna (CLUEB: Bologna 1997); Partiture critiche (Pacini: Pisa 2000); Una distratta venerazione. La poesia metrica di Giudici (Book Editore: Castel Maggiore 2001); Il sosia di Providence e altri incontri fra l'Emilia e l'America (Diabasis: Reggio Emilia 2002); Montale vs. Ungaretti (Carocci: Roma 2003, edited with Jonathan Sisco); La poesia. Come si legge e come si scrive (il Mulino: Bologna 2006); of the autobiography with Francesco Guccini Non so che viso avesse (Mondadori: Milano 2010); La poesia contemporanea (il Mulino: Bologna 2012); Poesia italiana dal Novecento a oggi (Marietti 1820: Bologna 2019).
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Poetry
• Lettere stagionali, Castel Maggiore (Book Editore: 1996); with a note of Giovanni Giudici. • Tatì, Castel Maggiore (Book Editore: 1999). • Il catalogo è questo. Poesie 1978-2000, Parma (Il cavaliere azzurro: 2000). • Le cose dopo. Poesie 1999-2003, Torino (Aragno: 2003). • Ho visto perdere Varenne, Lecce (Manni: 2006). • Mi sembrava un attimo fa, Milano (Quaderni di Orfeo: 2007). • Zitèe cìna, Milano (Il ragazzo innocuo: 2007). • Ricordi di Alzheimer. Una storia (Castel Maggiore Book: 2008). • Il letto vuoto, Torino (Aragno: 2012). • Traversate, Firenze (Società Editrice Fiorentina: 2014). • Poesie 1980-2014, Torino (Aragno: 2018). • Ricordi e cromosomi. Poesie 2014-2017, Azzate (Stampa 2009: 2018). • Zàndri, Ro Ferrarese (Book: 2018). • Cavalli e poesia, Reggio Emilia (Corsiero: 2018). • Irlandesi, Reggio Emilia (Corsiero: 2020). • L'isola dei topi, Torino (Einaudi: 2021). • Culo di tua mamma. Autobestiario 2013-2022, Fanna (Samuele Editore: 2022). • Libro dell'ansia, Ro Ferrarese (Book: 2024).

Premio Bologna Lecture - Elena Violani Landi 2018 presso la Sala del Papa di Palazzo Boncompagni
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