Ottavio Profeta

Ottavio Profeta (October 10, 1890–November 23, 1963) was an Italian poet.

Biography

Ottavio Profeta was born in Aidone, Italy on October 10, 1890, to Franco and Adele Piazza. After earning a university degree in law and a short public job in Catania, Sicily, he befriended Giovanni Verga, Capuano and Luigi Pirandello, and followed their lead in artistically representing the fall of romantic illusions, with a focus on "losers", the poor, and the middle-class, which he viewed as trapped between desperation and disillusionment. He died in Mascalucia in 1963.

Published works

• L'amante dell'amore
• Nascere
• Odia il prossimo tuo
• Sicilia Favola vera

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Name	Profeta, Ottavio
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Date of birth	1890
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Date of death	1963
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