Alessio di Giovanni explained

Alessio di Giovanni (Cianciana, 11 October 1872 – Palermo, 6 December 1946) was an Italian poet, novelist, and playwright.^[1] Much of his work is in Sicilian.^[2]

Early life

di Giovanni was born in the Cianciana in the province of Agrigento on October 11, 1872 to parents Gaetano di Giovanni and Filippa Guida. His father owned a large holding of the countryside around Cianciana including several sulfur mines. Di Giovanni's later poetic works were influenced by the rugged mountains and isolated fields of the Platani Valley^[3] in which his birthplace of Cianciana can be found. His father, in those years, was elected mayor of Cianciana for three consecutive terms, from 1876 to 1884 . Alessio then spent his childhood in the small town of Agrigento, attending elementary schools from 1878 to 1884. At age 12 he moved with his family to Palermo, Sicily.^[4]

Career works

sources:^[5]

Stories

• Popular songs from Agrigento, Noto, Zammit, 1894.
• ' Ntra l'aira, Catania, 22 November 1896.
• Maju sicilianu, Naples, Chiurazzi, 1896.
• Lu fattu di Bbissana, Naples, 1900.
• Fattuzzi razziusi, Naples, 1900.
• A lu passu di Girgenti, Catania, 1902.
• Lu cuntu di lu patruni, Palermo, June 1901.
• Saccular clouds, November 29, 1903.
• La minnitta, December 8, 1903.
• Return amaru, December 20, 1903.
• In the Valplàtani, Palermo, 1904.
• Cristu, Palermo, 1906.
• Za Francischedda, Palermo, June 3, 1910.
• Nini's pantry from la zurfara, Palermo, 1910.

Poems

• ' Nfernu veru, Naples, Chiurazzi, 1899.
• Lu puvireddu amurusu, Palermo, 1906.
• Father Luca's poem, Palermo-Milan, 1935.
• The seat cu li vrazza, Palermo, 1911.
• Vènnari di marzu, Palermo, 1911.
• Voices of the feud, Palermo, 1938.

Novels

• The deaths of lu Patriarca, Palermo, 1920.
• The racina of Sant'Antoni, Catania, 1939.
• Lu saracinu, Palermo, 1980.

Articles

• Story of a woman, Sicilian Chronicle, Terranova di Sicilia, April 10, 1889.
• For a popular poet, Popular illustration, Milan, February 15, 1889.
• Na dumanna to Turiddu Mamu, La Patria, 15 September 1889.
• Art at the Exhibition, Friend of the people, Palermo, January 7, 1892.
• For the lamp of the Madonna, Corriere di Palermo, Palermo, July 1892.
• The inventor of phonographs, La fenice, Girgenti, 4 September 1898.
• On the sacred Verna, Gazzetta di Messina and Calabria, Messina 26 May 1904.
• Holy week in Valplatani, January–February 1907.
• The seat cu li vrazza, Corriere di Sicilia, Palermo, February 12, 1911.
• Vennari of March, Corriere di Sicilia, 11 April 1911.
• Our articles in Felibre, Corriere di Sicilia, Palermo, 12 May 1911.
• In the field of felibri, Corriere di Sicilia, Palermo, 27 February et seq. 1911.
• From felibri, Il Solco, Palermo, January 1912.
• A poet priest and a chivalrous brigand, Corriere di Sicilia, Palermo, 1912.

Essays

• Saru Platania and dialectal poetry in Sicily, Naples, 1896.
• Peasants from Valdelsa and villagers from Realmonte, Naples, 1900.
• In Val di Noto, Sicula, Palermo, January–February 1905.
• The Modica Costume Painter, May–June 1905.
• The poetry of a loner, Palermo, Coop. Tip. Sicilian, 1913.
• The art of Giovanni Verga, Palermo, 1920.
• The Franciscan dream, Assisi, 1922.
• The Sicilian dialect in the work of Verga, Siciliana, Catania, January 1923.
• The dialect and the language, Palermo, 1924.
• The modernity of the Franciscan ideal, The Tradition, Palermo, 1928.
• Verga and the felibrige, Studies by Verga, Palermo, 1929.
• Priests and Franciscans of Sicily in the Garibaldi Epic of 1860, Palermo, 1932.
• The Life and Work of Giovanni Meli, Florence, 1934.

Theatrical works

• Scunciuru, Noto, Orecchia, 1895.
• Gabrieli lu Carusu, Palermo, Maraffa Abate, 1910.
• The Last Sicilians, Catania, 1932.
• Sicilian theater, collection, Catania, 1932.

Translations

• G. Pascoli, Abandoned, November 3, 1903.
• G. Roumanille, Provençal tales, Palermo, 1913.
• T. Aubanel, The Virgins of Avignon, Milan, 1914.
• M. Jouveau, Image Flourentin, Avignon, 1921.
• The Fioretti di San Francesco, Palermo, 1926.
• A. Pisaneschi, The voices of the mountain, Pistoia, Grazzini, 1926.
• G. Verdaguer, The poem of St. Francis, Assisi, 1927.
• G. Jorgensen, Olivae Fructus, Florence, 1929.

Notes and References

1. Book: Haller. Hermann W.. The Other Italy: The Literary Canon in Dialect. 1999. University of Toronto Press. Toronto. 9781442681996. 288144529. 320.
2. Web site: 2020-05-16. Premio letterario "Alessio Di Giovanni", proroga di un mese. 2021-05-11. ScrivoLibero.it. it-IT.
3. Web site: Spampinato. Margherita Beretta. 1991. DI GIOVANNI, Alessio. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20120214213027/http://www.treccani.it:80/enciclopedia/alessio-di-giovanni_(Dizionario-Biografico)/ . 2012-02-14 . January 29, 2021. Treccani.
4. Web site: ALESSIO DI GIOVANNI. live. May 11, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20060912141130/http://userhome.brooklyn.cuny.edu/bonaffini/DP/digiovanni.pdf . 2006-09-12 .
5. Web site: BiblioToscana - Alessio Di Giovanni. 2021-05-11. biblio.toscana.it.