Edoardo Sanguineti
Edoardo Sanguineti | |
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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 | |
| Constituency | Genoa |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 December 1930 Genoa, Kingdom of Italy |
| Died | 18 May 2010 (aged 79) Genoa, Italian Republic |
| Resting place | Monumental Cemetery of Staglieno |
| Political party | Italian Communist Party |
| Occupation | Poet, novelist, essayist, translator |
| Writing career | |
| Language | Italian |
| Genre | Poetry, essay, short story, novel |
| Literary movement | Neoavanguardia |
| Notable works | Laborintus |
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.