author
Emilio De Marchi
1851–1901
Best known for bringing nineteenth-century Milan vividly to life, this Italian novelist wrote with warmth, realism, and a sharp eye for everyday people. His crime novel The Priest's Hat became one of his most enduring successes.
4 Audiobooks
Nuove storie d'ogni colore
by Emilio De Marchi
Col fuoco non si scherza
by Emilio De Marchi
Vecchie Storie
by Emilio De Marchi
Vecchie cadenze e nuove
by Emilio De Marchi
About the author
Born in Milan in 1851, Emilio De Marchi was an Italian novelist, poet, and translator whose fiction is closely tied to the life of Milan and Lombardy. He is often remembered as an important late nineteenth-century realist writer, especially for the way he portrayed ordinary urban and rural characters with sympathy and detail.
Among his best-known works are The Priest's Hat and Demetrio Pianelli. His writing helped shape popular Italian narrative fiction of his time, and several of his works were later adapted for film and television.
De Marchi died in Milan in 1901. More than a century later, he is still read for his clear storytelling and for the lively picture his novels give of Italian society in his era.