author
Vittorio Imbriani
1840–1886
A restless, sharp-edged voice of nineteenth-century Italian literature, he mixed fiction, criticism, and folklore with real political energy. His work helped preserve oral traditions while showing an independent, often provocative literary mind.
4 Audiobooks
La novellaja fiorentina Fiabe e novelline stenografate in Firenze dal dettato popolare
by Vittorio Imbriani
Fame usurpate
by Vittorio Imbriani
Mastr'Impicca
by Vittorio Imbriani
About the author
Born in Naples in 1840, he grew up in a strongly patriotic family and spent part of his youth in exile with his father. He later volunteered in the Italian campaigns of 1859 and 1866, experiences that tied his literary life closely to the ideals and conflicts of the Risorgimento.
He became known as a writer, literary historian, and especially as a passionate collector of popular traditions. Alongside fiction and criticism, he gathered and published fairy tales, songs, and other material from oral culture, treating folklore as an important part of Italy's literary identity rather than a minor curiosity.
Imbriani died in 1886. Remembered for his vivid style and wide-ranging curiosity, he stands out as an author who moved easily between scholarship and storytelling, bringing both intellectual seriousness and strong personality to his work.