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Giulio Caprin
1880–1958
A prolific Italian man of letters, he moved easily between journalism, criticism, poetry, and narrative, publishing widely while building a long newspaper career. His work links Trieste’s lively cultural world with the broader literary life of twentieth-century Italy.
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Gli animali alla guerra
by Giulio Caprin
About the author
Born in Trieste on March 22, 1880, Giulio Caprin became an Italian journalist, essayist, poet, and narrator. Sources agree that he published more than thirty books, and that his career reached well beyond literature into major newspapers and cultural debate.
Treccani describes a difficult early life after his family moved to Tuscany and his father died, with Caprin continuing his classical studies through personal sacrifice and private tutoring work. He later spent many years on the staff of Corriere della Sera, where he wrote mainly about politics and history under the pseudonym Panfilo.
He is also remembered for directing La Nazione Italiana in Florence from 1947 to 1950. Caprin died in Florence on August 17, 1958.