author
Cesare Pascarella
1858–1940
A Roman poet and painter, he gave everyday speech a vivid literary life through poems in the Romanesco dialect. His best-known work, "La scoperta de l'America," mixes humor, storytelling, and a sharp eye for ordinary people.
2 Audiobooks
Prose (1880-1890)
by Cesare Pascarella
Sonetti
by Cesare Pascarella
About the author
Born in Rome on April 28, 1858, Cesare Pascarella built a reputation in two arts: painting and poetry. He first worked as a painter and draftsman, and later became known as one of the most distinctive voices writing in Romanesco, the dialect of Rome.
His literary work began in the 1880s, and he won wide attention with narrative poems such as Villa Gloria and La scoperta de l'America. Readers responded to the way he brought popular speech onto the page with warmth, irony, and a feel for the lives of ordinary Romans.
Pascarella also traveled widely and remained active in cultural life for decades; in 1930 he was appointed to the Royal Academy of Italy. He died in Rome on May 8, 1940. Today he is remembered as a writer who helped turn dialect poetry into something lively, memorable, and deeply rooted in place.