Giovanni Bertacchi
Giovanni Bertacchi was an Italian poet, teacher and literary critic.
Biography
His poetry was heavily influenced by Giovanni Pascoli, both in terms of the search for metric forms and the characteristic taste for landscape descriptions.
He was a professor of Italian literature at the University of Padua from 1916 to 1938 when he voluntarily left the teaching position against fascism.
He was the author of critical studies on Dante, Leopardi, Manzoni, Alfieri, Mazzini. His first and perhaps most important poetic work is the Canzoniere delle Alpi, published in 1895. About 60 years, in conjunction with the release of his latest collection Il perenne domani. These were pervaded by the nostalgia for childhood and for its places of origin.
He was buried in the cemetery of Chiavenna, a sarcophagus created by Enrico Pancera.
Main works
Critical studies
Ore dantesche Leopardi un maestro di vita - Leopards a Master of LifeIl primo romanticismo lombardo - The first Lombard romanceIl pensiero critico e le tragedie di A. Manzoni - The critical thought and tragedies of A. Manzoni
Verse stories
Il canzoniere delle Alpi, Milano, Chiesa e Guindani - The songwriter of the Alps, Milan, Church and GuindaniPoemetti lirici, Milano, Sonzogno - Poetry lyric, Milan, SonzognoLe malie del passato, Milano, Libreria editrice lombarda, - The Mountains of the Past, Milan, Lombard Publishing HouseAlle sorgenti, Milano, Baldini e Castoldi, - At the sources, Milan, Baldini & CastoldiA fior di silenzio, Milano, Baldini e Castoldi - A silent flower, Milan, Baldini and CastoldiRiflessi di orizzonti, Milano, Baldini e Castoldi, - Reflections of horizons, Milan, Baldini and CastoldiIl perenne domani, Milano, Baldini e Castoldi, -
Other works
Suona la sveglia, inno ufficiale del Corpo nazionale giovani esploratori ed esploratrici italianiMarmi, vessilli ed eroi, Milano, Baldini e Castoldi Voci dal mondo: antologia della lingua italiana, Torino, Paravia, 1926.