Edoardo Sanguineti

Edoardo Sanguineti
Edoardo Sanguineti at a meeting in Genoa on lexicon and open source publications.
Member of the
Italian Chamber of Deputies
In office
15 June 1979  11 July 1983
ConstituencyGenoa
Personal details
Born(1930-12-09)9 December 1930
Genoa, Kingdom of Italy
Died18 May 2010(2010-05-18) (aged 79)
Genoa, Italian Republic
Resting placeMonumental Cemetery of Staglieno
Political partyItalian Communist Party
OccupationPoet, novelist, essayist, translator
Writing career
LanguageItalian
GenrePoetry, essay, short story, novel
Literary movementNeoavanguardia
Notable worksLaborintus

Edoardo Sanguineti (9 December 1930 – 18 May 2010) was a Genoese poet, writer and academic, universally considered one of the major Italian authors of the second half of the twentieth century.