Cletto Arrighi

Carlo Righetti, better known by the pen name Cletto Arrighi, was an Italian writer, journalist, and political figure from Milan. Reliable sources agree that he was a leading figure in the Scapigliatura, the restless, bohemian-minded literary movement that emerged in northern Italy in the 19th century, and that his novel La scapigliatura e il 6 febbraio helped give the movement its name.

He was also active beyond literature. Biographical references describe him as involved in the patriotic struggles of his time before building a career in journalism and fiction. His writing is closely tied to the culture of Milan, where he lived and worked, and to the turbulent atmosphere of post-Risorgimento Italy.

Today he is remembered less as a single-book curiosity than as one of the voices who defined a changing literary scene. For listeners interested in the roots of modern Italian urban fiction, satire, and cultural rebellion, his work opens a vivid window onto that world.