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Umberto Saba (9 March 1883 – 26 August 1957) was an Italian poet and novelist, born Umberto Poli in the cosmopolitan Mediterranean port of Trieste when it was the fourth largest city of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Umberto Saba, pseudonimo di Umberto Poli (Trieste, 9 marzo 1883 – Gorizia, 25 agosto 1957), è stato un poeta e scrittore italiano. Saba nel 1946 Firma di Umberto Saba
Umberto Saba (born March 9, 1883, Trieste, Austria-Hungary [now in Italy]—died Aug. 25, 1957, Gorizia, Italy) was an Italian poet noted for his simple, lyrical autobiographical poems.
Aug 11, 2023 · A welcome addition to the Carcanet Classics series. In Italy, Umberto Saba is a relatively big name. He is studied at school and, like most ‘great’ poets, he was able to write a few poems with which even the general public is familiar.
Umberto Saba was an Italian poet and novelist, born Umberto Poli in the cosmopolitan Mediterranean port of Trieste when it was the fourth largest city of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Poli assumed the nom de plume "Saba" in 1910, and his name was officially changed to Umberto Saba in 1928.
Learn about the life and work of Umberto Saba, an Italian poet who rejected the avant-garde trends of his time and sought authenticity in his self-reflection. Read his manifesto, his love poems, and his classicism in this article by Geoffrey Brock.
In the years between 1887 and 1892, while Svevo's novel Una Vita was taking shape, Umberto Poli was attending the Jewish elementary school in Trieste. Born on 9 March 1883, he was a pale, delicate child for his age. At school he received high praise from his teachers for some 'genuinely talmudic' comments.
