Berto Zambonini

Nadia Stella Zambonini

Ed. by Jo Ann Cavallo, Columbia University
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.6.1: Italian Writing and Culture, 453-present.
Vol. editors: Carla Bregman (Independent Scholar - North America), Jo Ann Cavallo (Columbia University)

Dates

Born 21 Sep 1923
Died 12 Feb 2018
Activity 1943-2018

Places

Born in Italy
Active in Italy

Activities

Primary

Playwright / Dramatist
Poet
Singer

Other

Painter
Sculptor

Resources

Zambonini's Works

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Berto Zambonini dedicated himself to a vast range of activities: as a sculptor, painter, writer, poet, and luthier, but also a techincal designer, carpenter, mason, tailor, and hairdresser. A proponent and protagonist of the epic

maggio

tradition of the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines, he was a

maggerino

(singer-actor), inventor of props, and author of three

maggi

Paris e Vienna

I due gemelli

, and

Carlo Magno.

Born in the Appennine mountain town of Asta of Villa Minozzo (Reggio nell’Emilia province) on September 21, 1923, Berto Zambonini was the third of five children in a family of farmers and small landowners. Life in the early decades of the twentieth century and between the two world wars was very difficult in the mountains: much hard work, not much food, and time marked by the succession

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Citation: Zambonini, Nadia Stella. "Berto Zambonini". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 30 July 2020 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=14479, accessed 18 April 2024.]

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