Giovanni Titta Rosa (5 March 1891 – 7 January 1972) was an Italian literary critic, poet, and novelist.
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| Born | 5 March 1891 Santa Maria del Ponte, Italy |
| Died | 7 January 1972 (aged 80) Milan, Italy |
Born in Santa Maria del Ponte, at that time frazione of Fontecchio, Titta Rosa graduated in letters at the University of Florence and then started collaborating as a literary critic with a large number of publications, notably Lacerba, La Stampa, Il Secolo XIX, Il Resto del Carlino and Corriere della Sera.[1][2][3]
Titta Rosa was also author of novels, essays and collections of poems.[1][2][3] In 1931 he was awarded the Bagutta Prize for his collection of short stories Il varco nel muro.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b Arnaldo Bocelli (1961). "Titta Rosa, Giovanni". Enciclopedia Italiana - III Appendice. Treccani.
- ^ a b "Morto lo scrittore Giovanni Titta Rosa". Stampa Sera. No. 2. 7 January 1972. p. 2.
- ^ a b c G. B. (23 January 1932). "Il Premio Bagutta a Rosa". La Stampa. No. 20. p. 5.