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Italian poet (1923-2008)
Lento Goffi
Born(1923-11-15)15 November 1923
Chiari, Italy
Died14 January 2008(2008-01-14) (aged 84)
Brescia, Italy
Occupation
  • Poet
  • writer
  • literary critic
NationalityItalian
Genre
  • Poetry
Literary movementLinea lombarda
SpouseElisa Marchina
ChildrenGiorgio

Lento Goffi (15 November 1923 – 14 January 2008) was an Italian poet, literary critic and journalist who carried out his work mainly in Lombardy, in the Brescia area.

Biography

Born in 1923 into an anti-fascist family, he attended the Liceo Arnaldo [it] in Brescia and graduated in Modern Literature at the University of Milan, later teaching in some institutes in Brescia. He has published, among others, in the magazine Il Bruttanome. Goffi was married to Elisa Marchina; they had a son, Giorgio.

Goffi died in 2008 in an elderly care facility in Brescia.

Poetics

Goffi was one of the most important and active fourth generation exponents of Lombard line, developed in Lombardy area from the end of the 19th century and flourished during the first three quarters of the 20th century.

Major works

Poetry

  • 1962: Lunarietto (Il Bruttanome)
  • 1964: Cinque poesie e una prosa (Sigma (review) [it])
  • 1968: Dalla Marca d'Oriente (Scheiwiller)
  • 1971: Un'isola, sì con sei incisioni di Franca Ghitti (L.N.C.)
  • 1974: Evasivamente flou (Scheiwiller Books [it])
  • 1979: Cronachetta con sei incisioni di Franca Ghitti (Scheiwiller)
  • 1981: Un sabato di febbraio (Società di poesia)
  • 1984: L'attimo incolore con tre acqueforti di Giovanni Repossi (Il Farfengo)
  • 1986: Diario per l'assente (Lo Specchio (collection) [it], Mondadori)
  • 1991: L'amata Phegea (La Quadra)
  • 1994: Per orbite interne (La Quadra)

Notes

  1. "Massimo Migliorati e la poesia di Lento Goffi. Conferenza per la rassegna Farespazio alla Poesia". altermediascuola.wordpress.com. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  2. "Il sonetto di Rapisardi e il prof. Goffi". giornaledibrescia.it. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  3. "Lento Goffi. Un grande poeta a Brescia". mimmocortese.wordpress.com. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  4. "Dalla Marca d'Oriente (1964-1968). N. 24, Lento Goffi" (PDF). antichilibrionline.com. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  5. Alessandra Giappi (13 November 2018). "Ricordando Goffi dieci anni dopo in San Giorgio" (PDF) (in Italian). it.gariwo.net. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  6. BsNews.it (2 May 2017). "I cinque poeti bresciani più grandi di sempre" (in Italian). bsnews.it. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  7. "Dalla Marca d'Oriente (1964-1968). N. 24, Lento Goffi". antichilibrionline.com. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  8. Amedeo Anelli (17 November 2023). "Lento Goffi, Un sabato di febbraio (1981)" (in Italian). presidiopoetico.eu. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
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