Anton Giulio Barrili
Antonio "Anton" Giulio Barrili (born December 14, 1836 in Savona , † August 14, 1908 in Carcare , Savona province) was an Italian novelist .
life and work
Anton Barilli took part in the campaign of 1859 , in the battles of Garibaldi in Tyrol in 1866 and in the Roman expedition in 1867. He had been working as a journalist since the age of 18 and took over the management of the Movimento at a very young age and became the owner and editor of a Genoese Journals called Il Caffaro .
Barrili was one of the most prolific novelists in Italy at that time, whose products are characterized by lively presentation, freshness of sensation and a touch of fine irony. Among his novels are particularly praised:
- L 'olmo e l'edera ,
- Santa Cecilia .
- Capitan Dodero and above all
- Come un sogno . Also
- La notte del Commendatore (1876),
- Cuor di ferro e cuor d'oro (1877),
- O tutto o nulla (1881).
Barrili also likes to move in the field of historical novels, so in
- Le confessioni di fra Gualberto: storia del secolo XIV (1873),
- Castel Gavone (1874),
- Diana degli embriaci (1877) and
- Tizio Caio Sempronio: storia mezzo romana (1877), a painting of ancient Roman life.
His novel Semiramide transports the reader to ancient Babylon, Il merlo bianco to Japan. Berrili also published a small volume of freshly written letters from Paris under the title Lutezia (Milan 1878) and the political treatise Ritratti contemporanei: Cavour , Bismarck , Thiers (Milan 1878).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Barrili, Anton Giulio |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Barrili, Antonio Giulio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 14, 1836 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Savona |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 14, 1908 |
| Place of death | Carcare |