author
Antonio Caccianiga
1823–1909
A lively voice of 19th-century Italy, he turned political exile, journalism, and public service into fiction rooted in everyday life. His novels often favor the countryside over the city, with a warm eye for provincial people and manners.
4 Audiobooks
Il roccolo di Sant'Alipio
by Antonio Caccianiga
La famiglia Bonifazio; racconto
by Antonio Caccianiga
Il dolce far niente: Scene della vita veneziana del secolo passato
by Antonio Caccianiga
Il bacio della contessa Savina
by Antonio Caccianiga
About the author
Born in Treviso on June 30, 1823, Antonio Caccianiga was an Italian writer, journalist, and patriot whose life stretched across some of the most turbulent decades of the Risorgimento. He studied law in Padua and in 1848 founded the satirical paper Lo spirito folletto in Milan.
After the revolutions of 1848–49, his political involvement forced him into exile in Piedmont and then Paris. He later returned to public life in Italy, serving in important civic and political roles, including as mayor of Treviso, prefect of Udine, and a member of parliament.
As a novelist, he was remarkably prolific. His writing is closely tied to the Veneto and to rural and provincial settings, and La vita campestre is often named among his best-known works. He died in Maserada sul Piave on April 22, 1909.