Vincenzo Zappone

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Vincenzo Zappone (born December 28, 1921 in Caramanico Terme , † December 6, 2007 in Pescara ) was an Italian writer who wrote his poetic writings mainly in the Abruzzo dialect .

biography

Zappone first worked as a railroad worker in Pescara . He gained fame as the author of poems, songs and books in the Abruzzo dialect . Zappone also composed children's songs. He dedicated the poem L'Antoniano , published in 1975, to the Zecchino d'Oro . One of his most famous poems was La radice quadrate (The Square Root ), which was written in Lu vente de la Majelle. Poetry dialettali appeared.

“Lu prufessò! sta vote n-c'é ncarràte, e lu bardɑ̃sçia mì a s'à mmattite, per tutte la jurnate l'à cercate, la radice quadrate, e n-n'à finite. Ji so nu buscaióle respettate, le piante le cunòsce a menadite; lu prufessore, forse, s'à sbajiàte, oppure, Antò, tu nen li sì capite. Stu mònne lu prugresse l'à mpazzite le ràdeche alle piante j'à cagnate! ma ... po 'de bótte ce sò repenzate: - Pussìbbele che n'ómmene struíte, se trove a-ccuscì rrete e n-z'à mparate, ca la radice è tònne e no squares? "

- La radice squares

On the occasion of the landing of the Apollo 12 astronauts on the moon , he wrote «l'inno all'Astronauta», the astronaut's anthem. He then received a congratulatory letter from NASA and astronauts Charles Conrad , Richard Gordon and Alan LaVern Bean .

With his wife Antonietta, Zappone had sons Andrea and Antonio and daughter Laide.

Works (selection)

  • Lu vente de la Majelle. Poetry dialettali . 5 editions 1972–1992, most recently Marino Solfanelli editore, Chieti 1992, ISBN 88-7497-460-4 .
  • Caramanico nella valle della majella. Tradizioni e folclore . Tecnografika, Chieti 1986, without ISBN
  • San Valentino. Castel della Pietra, tradizioni e folclore. Tecnografika, Chieti 1982.
  • Santa Femi '. La perla della Valle d'Orte. Marchionne, Chieti n.d., 1982?
  • ... ouch ...! Umorismo paesano. Edigrafital, Sant'Atto, Teramo 1978.
  • Lu mare che ffa? Poetry dialettali. Ferretti, Pescara 1973.

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personal data
SURNAME Zappone, Vincenzo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian writer
DATE OF BIRTH December 28, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Caramanico Terme
DATE OF DEATH December 6, 2007
Place of death Pescara