Bernardino Zendrini (Author)
Bernardino Zendrini (born July 6, 1839 in Bergamo , † August 2, 1879 in Palermo ) was an Italian poet and translator .
Life
Bernardino Zendrini, son of a well-known doctor, spent part of his childhood in German- speaking Switzerland , where he acquired a complete knowledge of German at an early age. He devoted himself to the study of law in Zurich and Pavia , where he received his doctorate in 1861. But he gave up the career of a legal scholar and in 1862 took over the chair of the Italian language at the Lyceum in Como . Previously, he had already given proof of his literary skills through his doctoral dissertation on the “free church in the free state” and through a publicly spoken funeral speech on the death of Cavour .
In Como Zendrini studied his favorite poet Heinrich Heine and published an excellent monograph on him in the Civiltà cattolica in 1864 . Soon afterwards his Ghirlanda dantesca (Milan 1865), a cycle of poems for the Dante celebration, was published . From Como, Zendrini was transferred to the Ferrara Lyceum in 1865 . In 1867 he became professor of German language and literature at the University of Padua . From 1876 he worked as a professor of Italian literature at the University of Palermo . He died on August 2, 1879 at the age of 40 in Palermo.
During Zendrini's stay in Ferrara he published his excellent translation of Heine's book of songs ( Il canzoniere di Heine , Milan 1865; 4th significantly improved edition, 2 volumes, ibid. 1884). This achievement, the fruit of many years of preoccupation with the German poet, soon made Zendrini's name well-known and contributed to making Heine's poetry popular in Italy. Zendrini also emerged with original poems ( Prime poesie , Padua 1871). Many of them have been translated into German by Paul Heyse , Julius Schanz and others. Zendrini's Opere complete were edited by T. Massarani (3 volumes, Milan 1881–83), his letters by G. Pizzo (Milan 1886).
literature
- Bernardino Zendrini (author) . In: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon . 4th edition. Volume 16, Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1885–1892, p. 868.
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| SURNAME | Zendrini, Bernardino |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian poet and translator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 6, 1839 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bergamo |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 2, 1879 |
| Place of death | Palermo |