author
Jarro
1849–1915
A sharp-eyed Italian writer and journalist, he wrote with humor, curiosity, and a feel for everyday life. Best known by the pen name Jarro, he moved easily between fiction, criticism, and cultural commentary.
2 Audiobooks
La Principessa
by Jarro
Il processo Bartelloni
by Jarro
About the author
Born Giulio Piccini in Volterra in 1849, the writer known as Jarro became a lively presence in Italian literary and journalistic life. He worked as both an author and a journalist, and his pen name became the one most readers recognized.
His career was notably wide-ranging. Sources describe him not only as a novelist and storyteller, but also as a dramatic and music critic, humorist, and editor of older texts. That mix helps explain the variety of his writing, which could move from observation and wit to more literary and cultural subjects.
Jarro died in Florence in 1915. Even today, he remains an interesting figure for readers curious about the many-sided world of Italian writing at the turn of the twentieth century.