Umberto Saba
Umberto Saba was an Italian poet, writer, essayist and journalist (1883–1957). He was born at Trieste and died at Gorizia.
Umberto Saba in brief
- Born
- 1883
- Died
- 1957
- Known for
- poet, writer, essayist and journalist
- Place of birth
- Trieste
Identity and origins
Umberto Saba was recorded at birth as Umberto Poli. He also worked under the names Umberto Saba, Umberto Chopin Poli and Giuseppe Carimandrei. His recorded languages were Italian and Slovene.
One child is recorded: Linuccia Saba.
Catalogued works
41 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library and The Art Institute of Chicago. Their recorded dates run from 1903 to 2013. The first 12 are listed here.
Ernesto. Canzoniere, dated 1903. Figure e canti. Mediterranee. Scorciatoie e raccontini. Storia e cronistoria del Canzoniere. Quello che resta de fare ai poeti. Epigrafe. Antología del "Canzoniere". Preludio e Fughe. Uccelli e quasi un racconto (1948-1951). Leggi Dell'Eredità Spirituale.
In public collections
Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.
The Art Institute of Chicago: 132681 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.
Literature
5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.
Tensões e ambivalências no Canzoniere de Umberto Saba. UMBERTO SABA, Contemporary Italian Poetry, 1962. UMBERTO SABA, Twentieth-Century Italian Poetry, 1993. Umberto Saba, Selection of Modern Italian Poetry in Translation, 2004. Saba, Umberto, Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (KLL), 2020.
Chronology
- 1883Umberto Saba born at Trieste.
- 1903Canzoniere.
- 1957Umberto Saba died at Gorizia.
Sources
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- 1.
“Umberto Saba”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q451312: Umberto Saba
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