Umberto Saba
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Key facts
- Born
- Umberto Poli , ( 1883-03-09 ) 9 March 1883, Trieste , Austria-Hungary
- Died
- 25 August 1957 (1957-08-25) (aged 74), Gorizia , Italy
- Occupation
- Novelist , poet
- Language
- Italian
- Genre
- Fiction , poetry
- Literary movement
- Antinovecentismo
- Spouse
- Carolina (Lina) Wölfler (m. 1909–1956; 1 child)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Umberto
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Italy
- Place of birth
- Trieste
- Place of death
- Gorizia
- Occupation
- journalist
- Educated at
- University of Pisa
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Award
- Viareggio Prize
- Genre
- essay
- Image
- Photo Portrait of the Italian poet Umberto Saba while watching birds in aviaries, 1950 - Touring Club Italiano 11 5508.jpg
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- name in native language
- Umberto Saba
- date of birth
- 1893-03-09
- date of death
- 1957-08-25
- birth name
- Umberto Poli
- Commons category
- Umberto Saba
- pseudonym
- Umberto da Montereale
- start of work period
- 1900-00-00
- writing language
- Italian
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Encyclopedic overview
Umberto Saba (9 March 1883 – 25 August 1957) was an Italian poet and novelist, born Umberto Poli in the cosmopolitan Mediterranean port of Trieste when it was the fourth largest city of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Poli assumed the pen name "Saba" in 1910, and his name was officially changed to Umberto Saba in 1928. From 1919 he was the proprietor of an antiquarian bookshop in Trieste. He suffered from depression for all of his adult life.
Life and career
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