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Scipio Slataper

Born

in Trieste

July 14, 1888

Died

December 03, 1915

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Scipio Slataper (14 July 1888 – 3? December 1915) was an Italian writer, most famous for his lyrical autobiographical prose-poetry novel/essay Il mio Carso (My Karst). He is considered, alongside Italo Svevo, as the initiator of the prolific tradition of Italian literature in Trieste.

Slataper was born to a relatively wealthy middle-class family the city of Trieste, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (today in Italy). After completing his high school studies in the native city, he moved to Florence in Italy, where he studied Italian philology. In Florence, he collaborated to the literary journal La Voce, edited by Giuseppe Prezzolini and Giovanni Papini. During his stay in Florence, he started writing essays and articles on the literar Scipio Slataper (14 July 1888 – 3? December 1915) was an Italian writer, most famous for his lyrical autobiographical prose-poetry novel/essay Il mio Carso (My Karst). He is considered, alongside Italo Svevo, as the initiator of the prolific tradition of Italian literature in Trieste.

Slataper was born to a relatively wealthy middle-class family the city of Trieste, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (today in Italy). After completing his high school studies in the native city, he moved to Florence in Italy, where he studied Italian philology. In Florence, he collaborated to the literary journal La Voce, edited by Giuseppe Prezzolini and Giovanni Papini. During his stay in Florence, he started writing essays and articles on the literary and cultural situation in Trieste.

After the suicide of his lover in 1910, Slataper retired in solitude to the village of Ocizla in the Karst plateau above Trieste, where he wrote his most famous work, the lyrical novel/essay My Karst (Italian: Il mio Carso), considered one of the masterpieces of Italian fin-de-siecle prose. The essay, in which Nietzschean influences can be seen, is an assertion of vitalism and primitive life force. The essay also contains political and philosophical reflections. Among other, Slataper was polemical against the superficial business mentality of the Italian merchants of Trieste and criticized their anti-Slavic prejudices. On the other hand, the work contains highly controversial depictions and reflection on the "suppressed brutal and barbaric nature" of the Slovene peasants from the area.

My Karst was published in Florence in 1912, and remained the only book Slataper published during his lifetime. In 1921, the book was translated to French by Benjamin Crémieux, which helped its spread of Slataper's popularity Europe in the 1920s.

After graduation in 1912, Slataper moved to Hamburg in Germany, where he taught Italian language at the local university. When Italy declared war on Austria-Hungary on 24 May 1915, he moved to Italy and volunteered to join the Italian Army. He was sent to the front along the Isonzo river. In December 1915, he was was probably killed in the Fourth Battle of the Isonzo on the hills surrounding the town of Gorizia as he vanished during the battle and his body was never found. ...more

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Average rating: 3.38 · 170 ratings · 15 reviews · 19 distinct works • Similar authors

	Mio Carso 3.35 avg rating — 159 ratings — published 1912 — 60 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ibsen 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1916 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Karst and My City and Other Essays by Scipio Slataper, Nicholas Benson (Translator), Elena Coda (Editor) 2.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mi carso by Scipio Slataper, César Palma (Translator) 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fiabe e parabole e altri scritti per i bimbi it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Il mio Carso. Ibsen.: Due versioni de "Il mio Carso" really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I CONFINI NECESSARI ALL' ITALIA really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lettere Triestine 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1909 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alle tre amiche. Lettere by Scipio Slataper, Giani Stuparich (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1958	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Appunti e note di diario 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1953	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars