Plinio Martini
Plinio Martini (born August 4, 1923 in Cavergno , † August 6, 1979 ibid) was a Swiss secondary school teacher, poet and writer .
Life
Plinio Martini is one of the best-known and most popular authors in Italian-speaking Switzerland. He was the second oldest of eight siblings, born in humble circumstances, his father was the village baker. After completing the teachers' seminar in Locarno , Martini worked as a teacher in his home country, first in Cavergno, then at the secondary school in Cevio . His first literary attempts were poetry and youth stories. He came across the novel relatively late. In 1970 the love and emigration story Il fondo del sacco was published , which was a great success, and Requiem per zia Domenica followed in 1976 .
Works
- 1951 Paese so. Versi (poems)
- 1953 Diario forse d'amore. Versi (poems)
- 1956 Storia di un camoscio
- 1962 Acchiappamosche e il maiale
- 1970 Il fondo del sacco. Romanzo . (German: Not beginning and not end. Novel of a return . From the Ital. By Trude Fein. Classen, Zurich 1974, ISBN 3-7172-0206-5 . Limmat-Verlag, Zurich 2006, ISBN 3-85791-495- 5 and 2015, ISBN 978-3-85791-774-5 ).
- 1975 Le catene. Poetry (poems)
- 1976 Requiem per zia Domenica . (German: Requiem for Tante Domenica. Roman . From the Italian by Trude Fein. Classen, Zurich 1975, ISBN 3-7172-0226-X . Limmat-Verlag, Zurich 2002, ISBN 3-85791-386-X ).
- 1979 (posthumous) Delle streghe e d'altro . (German: Fest in Rima. Stories and history from the Ticino valleys . From the Ital. By Susanne Hurni. Classen, Zurich 1979, ISBN 3-7172-0288-X . Limmat-Verlag, Zurich 2002, ISBN 3-85791- 338-X ).
- 1993 (posthumous) Corona dei cristiani (novel, unfinished)
- 1999 (posthumous) Nessuno ha pregato per noi. Interventi pubblici 1957-1977 .
literature
- Ilario Domenighetti: Plinio Martini. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . March 2, 2010 , accessed April 11, 2020 .
Web links
- Publications by and about Plinio Martini in the Helveticat catalog of the Swiss National Library
- Plinio Martini on the Limmat Verlag website
- Plinio Martini on ticinarte.ch
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Martini, Plinio |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | 4th August 1923 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Cavergno |
DATE OF DEATH | August 6, 1979 |
Place of death | Cavergno |