Enrico Testa

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Enrico Testa is an Italian poet. He works as a professor of Italian studies at the University of Genova. [1] [2]

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Early life

He received a PhD at Università di Pavia.

Career

Enrico Testa is a professor of Italian Studies. He worked on short stories of the 15th and 16th century, and on the novel; in particular he became dedicated to 20th century Italian poetry, studying poets such Eugenio Montale, Giorgio Caproni, Alberto Vigevani and Edoardo Sanguineti.

He edited an anthology of Italian Contemporary Poetry (Dopo la lirica. Poeti italiani 1960–2000, Einaudi 2005). He translated High Windows by Philip Larkin. Testa was a visiting professor at Aarhus University in Denmark and a member of the PhD commission at Université Sorbonne Nouvelle of Paris. [3]

He published books of poetry and dedicated some of his poems to his favorite football team, Sampdoria. [4]

Selected poetry

Criticism

Awards

References

  1. "Accademici – Accademia della Crusca". accademiadellacrusca.it.
  2. "Salerno, 'Il Movimento Empatico': volume accademico illustrato al Museo Archeologico Provinciale". StileTV.
  3. "Enrico Testa, la poesia necessaria – Goodmorninggenova". 8 April 2023.
  4. "In principio era Saba | Treccani, il portale del sapere". 17 June 2022. Archived from the original on 17 June 2022.
  5. "Premio Letterario Viareggio Rèpaci". Archived from the original on 2 November 2019.
  6. "Il Vincitore del Premio Mondello Critica – Il Premio – XL Edizione – Premio letterario internazionale Mondello". Premio Mondello.
  7. "Premio 'Giuseppe Dessì' a Cavazzoni e Testa". Adnkronos. 25 November 2023.