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Angiolo Silvio Novaro
1866–1938
An Italian poet, writer, translator, and businessman, he is remembered for gentle, musical writing that often speaks to children and to the wonder of everyday life. His best-known book, Il cestello, helped make him a lasting presence in Italian literature for young readers.
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La rovina
by Angiolo Silvio Novaro
About the author
Born in Diano Marina on November 12, 1866, Angiolo Silvio Novaro became a distinctive voice in Italian literature between the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He worked not only as a poet and writer, but also as a translator and businessman, a mix that gives his life an unusual breadth.
Readers have often been drawn to the delicacy of his style: his poems are closely tied to nature, memory, and the inner world, with a quiet emotional tone rather than grand display. He also wrote prose, and he is especially well known for Il cestello (1910), a collection of poems for children that remains his most famous book.
Novaro died in Oneglia on March 10, 1938. Even today, he stands out as an author whose work feels intimate and humane, able to speak to both adults and younger readers with tenderness and clarity.