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Mario Luzi

Born

in Sesto Fiorentino, Italy

October 20, 1914

Died

February 28, 2005

Genre

Poetry

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Mario Luzi was an Italian poet. His first book, La barca, was published in 1935 and in 1938 he started to teach in high schools in the cities of Parma, San Miniato and Rome. In 1940, he published Avvento notturno; in 1945 he went back to Florence and there he taught at the liceo scientifico. He won the Aristeion Prize in 1991 for his work Frasi e Incisi di un Canto Salutare; in the same year he was proposed for the first time by the Accademia dei Lincei for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Ultimately never awarded, when asked for his thoughts by one reporter on his fellow countryman Dario Fo's 1997 success he slammed the phone down: "I'll say only this. I've just about had it up to here!" In October 2004, he was appointed to the Italian Senat ...more

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	Tutte le poesie 3.98 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 1988 — 10 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
	Nel magma 3.77 avg rating — 22 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
	In the Dark Body of Metamorphosis and Other Poems. 3.52 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 1975 — 9 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
	Earthly and Heavenly Journey of Simone Martini by Mario Luzi, Luigi Bonaffini (Translation) 4.21 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1994 — 11 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
	L'alta, la cupa fiamma: poesie 1935-1985 by Mario Luzi, Maurizio Cucchi (Editor), Giovanni Raboni (Editor) 3.77 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1990	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
	Libro di Ipazia 3.83 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1978 — 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
	La ferita nell'essere by Mario Luzi, Valerio Nardoni (editor) 3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2004 — 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
	Poesie ultime e ritrovate by Mario Luzi, Stefano Verdino (Introduction) 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2009 — 5 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
	57 poesie 3.56 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1997	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
	Primizie del deserto 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2005 — 4 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

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“I recognize the desolate country
of our birth without a beginning,
of our death without an end.”
― Mario Luzi, In the Dark Body of Metamorphosis and Other Poems.

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“Thoughts drawn on the string
of endless questioning”
― Mario Luzi, In the Dark Body of Metamorphosis and Other Poems.

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“The world is greater than that -- I smile
and I think of my hilarity as a covey
in flight from a house collapsing.
Lose yourself if you wish to find yourself; desire
so as not to have.”
― Mario Luzi, In the Dark Body of Metamorphosis and Other Poems.

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