Edmondo De Amicis

1846–1908

Edmondo De Amicis (1846–1908) was an Italian novelist, journalist and poet from Oneglia in Liguria. After serving as an army officer in the wars of Italian unification, he became a popular writer of sketches and travel books on Spain, Holland, Morocco and Constantinople.

His novel Cuore (Heart, 1886), the diary of a Turin schoolboy, became one of the most widely read Italian books. He also published poems, collected in Poesie (1880).

Poems (106)

A 29

B 2

C 4

D 2

E 1

F 1

G 5

I 19

L 14

M 2

N 5

O 1

P 5

R 2

S 11

U 2

V 1