author
Edoardo Scarfoglio
1860–1917
A sharp, energetic voice in Italian journalism, he helped shape modern newspaper culture in Naples while also writing fiction in a realist style. His life and work sit at the crossroads of literature, politics, and the fast-moving press of late 19th-century Italy.
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Il libro di Don Chisciotte
by Edoardo Scarfoglio
About the author
Born in Paganica on September 26, 1860, Edoardo Scarfoglio became known as an Italian writer and journalist with a gift for vivid, direct prose. Reference sources describe him as an early practitioner of literary realism in Italy, and his career quickly moved between criticism, fiction, and journalism.
He is especially remembered for his role in founding and directing major newspapers, above all Il Mattino in Naples. He also worked on other papers, including the Corriere di Roma and the Corriere di Napoli, and was widely seen in his time as an influential editor and newspaper manager.
Scarfoglio was married to the writer and journalist Matilde Serao, with whom he shared part of his publishing career. He died in Naples on October 6, 1917, leaving behind a reputation tied both to Italian literary realism and to the growth of the modern press.