Renzo Pezzani | |
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 Portrait by Donnino Pozzi, c. 1930 | |
| Born | 14 July 1898 |
| Died | 14 July 1951 (aged 53) |
Main interests | Poetry |
Renzo Pezzani (4 June 1898 – 14 July 1951) was an Italian poet and writer.
He was born in Parma on 4 June 1898.[1][2] After graduating as a primary school teacher, he became a teacher in the early 1920s and began writing.[2]
He founded the magazine Difesa artistica, and also collaborated with other magazines such as the Giornale del Balilla, Cuor d'Oro and Corriere dei Piccoli. In his copious production there are numerous volumes of texts for children and for elementary schools, poems in the Italian language and Parmesan dialect, and lyrics for musical works. He translated from French the novel Le Signe sur les Mains by the Catholic writer Émile Baumann.[3][4]
In 1926 he gave up teaching due to political problems.
He died in Castiglione Torinese on 14 July 1951.[2][5] He is buried in Parma, in the Villetta cemetery.
