Franco Fortini
Franco Fortini was the pseudonym of Franco Lattes (10 September 1917 – 28 November 1994), an Italian poet, writer, translator, essayist, Literary criticism, literary critic and Marxism, Marxist intellectual. Life Franco Fortini was born in Florence, the son of a Jews, Jewish lawyer, Dino Lattes, and a Catholic Church, Catholic mother, Emma Fortini Del Giglio. He studied law and humanities at the university. In 1939 he joined the Protestantism, Protestant church, but in his late years he described himself as an atheist. In 1940 he adopted his mother's last name to avoid racial persecution. In 1941 he joined the Italian army as an officer. After September 8, 1943, he sought refuge in Switzerland (where he met European intellectuals, politicians and critics), then in 1944 he returned to fight with the partisans in Ossola, Valdossola. When the war was over he settled in Milan, working as journalist, Copywriting, copywriter and translator. He was one of the editorial board member ...
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