Plinio Martini

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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 .

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personal data
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