Umberto Piersanti
Umberto Piersanti is an Italian poet, prose writer, professor of sociology of literature at the University of Urbino, in Italy, and editor of the literary revue Pelagos.
Life and career
He was born in Urbino. During his writing career Piersanti published many poetry books and some novels and essays.He made his debut in 1967 with the collection of poems La breve stagione; the melancholy preponderated in his juvenile poems, with Apennine nature, transformed into a mythical and classic place.
In Nascere nel '40 e Passaggio di sequenza, Piersanti examined the historical and politic contest between 1960-1980.
He was a nominee for the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2005.
Poetry
La breve stagione Il tempo differente L'urlo della mente Nascere nel '40,Passaggio di sequenza I luoghi persi Nel tempo che precede- ''L'albero delle nebbie''
Anthologies
Per tempi e luoghi El tiempo diferente- ''Selected poems''
Novels
L'uomo delle Cesane L'estate dell'altro millennio Olimpo- Co-author with Andrea Aromatico, ''Il poeta e il cacciatore''
Essays
L'ambigua presenza Sul limite d'ombra Il pensiero, il corpo- ''Il canto magnanimo''