A Tribute to Giovanni Verga: An Italian Verist (The Centennial Commemoration)
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2022-10
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Indian Society for Health and Advanced Research
Abstract
Giovanni Verga is one of the greatest Italian writers of the second half of the nineteenth century. He is best known for his depiction of life in Sicilian land, especially through his short stories, plays and novels. His literature gives insight to the poverty, customs, traditions, myth, superstitions and reality of the prosaic life in Sicilian land. He died in Catania in 1922 at the age of 82 due to cerebral thrombosis. The year 2022 is globally celebrated as death centenary of Giovanni Verga. By recalling his contribution to the development of Italian Literature, the present paper pays a sort of tribute to him
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Giovanni Verga, south Italy, poverty, reality, Italian Literature
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Prakash Satyajeet. A Tribute to Giovanni Verga: An Italian Verist (The Centennial Commemoration). Paripex - Indian Journal Of Research. 2022 Oct; 11(10): 59-60