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Jarro
1849–1915
A lively Italian writer and journalist, remembered for sharp observation and a broad literary range, published under the pen name Jarro. Born in Tuscany in 1849, he built a career that moved between fiction, commentary, and public life.
2 Audiobooks
La Principessa
by Jarro
Il processo Bartelloni
by Jarro
About the author
Known to readers as Jarro, Giulio Piccini was an Italian writer and journalist born in Volterra on October 28, 1849, and he died in Florence on February 14, 1915. His pen name became the name by which he was widely identified in print.
His career joined literature and journalism, and he is associated with a large body of writing that includes novels as well as other prose works. Project Gutenberg listings for Jarro's books show that his work continued to circulate well beyond his lifetime, helping modern readers discover him again.
For listeners coming to him today, Jarro offers a window into Italian literary culture around the turn of the twentieth century: a professional man of letters whose writing moved between storytelling and the world of newspapers.