Valerio Abbondio

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Valerio Abbondio (born February 26, 1891 in Ascona ; † August 13, 1958 in Mendrisio ) was a Swiss teacher and poet.

Life

Valerio Abbondio was the son of Carlo Abbondio.

He attended high school in Ascona and then the Lyceum in Lugano . He enrolled at the University of Freiburg in Italian language and literature and received his doctorate in this field of study. At the State University of Milan he obtained the French teacher license and was French teacher at the Lyceum Lugano from 1916 to 1852.

He spent his last years in Minusio with his brother, the sculptor Fiorenzo Abbondio (1892–1980).

Valerio Abbondio was unmarried throughout his life.

Writing

Valerio Abbondio published numerous collections of poetry in which his natural poetry was permeated with a strong religious feeling in the first attempts. He also worked for the Lugano magazine Pagine nostre , to which he contributed essays and poems.

Fonts (selection)

  • La Materia classica nella tragedia italiana del romanticismo, contributo alla storia del teatro italiano. Tesi, Tipografia Luganese, Lugano 1921.
  • Betulle. Libreria A. Arnold, Lugano 1922.
  • L'eterna veglia. Grassi, Lugano 1928.
  • Biobibliografia autografa, manoscritta, brevissima. Lugano 1930.
  • Campanule: poetry. Istituto Editoriale Ticinese, Bellinzona 1932.
  • Dopo il tramonto. Pro Grigioni Italiano 1933.
  • Il mio sentiero. Istituto Editoriale Ticinese, Bellinzona 1936.
  • L'intimo cielo. Tipografia Editrice, Lugano 1940.
  • Silenzi. Melisa, Lugano 1943.
  • Cerchi d'argento. Libreria Melisa, Lugano 1944.
  • Prose e poetry. Edizioni del Giornale del popolo, Lugano 1944.
  • Cuore notturno. Mazzucconi, Lugano 1947.
  • Francesco Chiesa ; Valerio Abbondio; Giuseppe Zoppi : Il diradarsi della nebbia: versi. Tipografia Luganese, Lugano 1950.

literature

  • Giovanni Bonalumi : Valerio Abbondio. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . December 4, 2000 , accessed January 12, 2020 .
  • Giovanni Bonalumi: Schede per una lettura dell'opera di Valerio Abbondio. In: L'Almanacco 1989 , No. 8, Arti Grafiche A. Salvioni e Co., Bellinzona 1989, pp. 80-86.
  • Giuseppe Curonici (Ed.): La poesia di Valerio Abbondio. Federazione docenti ticinesi, Gaggini-Bizzozero SA, Lugano 1968.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Valerio Abbondio (Italian) on bibliomedia.ch/de/fuer-alle/schweizer-autoren-und-autorinnen/
personal data
SURNAME Abbondio, Valerio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss teacher and poet
DATE OF BIRTH February 26, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH Ascona
DATE OF DEATH August 13, 1958
Place of death Mendrisio