Cesare Pascarella (28 April 1858 - 8 May 1940), was an Italian dialect

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and a painter. He was appointed to the

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in 1930. Pascarella was born in

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and initially was a painter. His literary activity began in 1881 with the publication of sonnets in

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. In the same period he made friends with Gabriele D'Annunzio. He made a series of journeys through

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and the

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in 1882–1885. On his return to Rome he published the collection '' Villa Glori'', who was hailed as a masterwork by

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. Also well received was the imaginative ''La scoperta dell'America'' (1893). In 1905 Pascarella began ''Storia nostra'', a history of Rome which was planned as a sequence of 350 sonnets, but was left unfinished after 270 had been written. He founded in 1904 with other artists, among which Giuseppe Ferrari, the group "XXV della campagna romana".M. C. Cola
''Giuseppe Ferrari''
in ''Dizionario biografico degli italiani Treccani'', volume 46, 1996. Pascarella's papers, his library, photographs, paintings and drawings were purchased by the

(now

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) in 1940. The body is entirely ordered.D. Armocida, ''Il Fondo di Cesare Pascarella: storia e documenti'', Roma, Scienze e lettere editore, 2011, pp. 323-348 (from: «Atti della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. Classe di Scienze Morali, Storiche e Filologiche. Rendiconti», Serie IX, Vol. XXI, Fasc. 1-2, 2010).

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* ''Er morto de campagna'' (1881, sonnets) * ''La serenata'' (1883, sonnets) * ''Er fattaccio'' (1884, sonnets) * ''Villa Glori'' (1886, sonnets) * ''Cose der monno'' (1887) * ''L'allustra scarpe'' (1887, philosophy) * ''La scoperta dell'America'' (1893, sonnets) * ''I sonetti'' (1900, sonnets) * ''Le prose'' (1920, prose works) * ''Viaggio in Ciociaria'' (1920) Posthumous publications: * ''Italia nostra'' * ''Taccuini'' (published in 1961 by the

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) * ''Storia nostra'' (published in 1961 by the

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* * 1858 births 1940 deaths 19th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 20th-century Italian painters Painters from Rome Members of the Royal Academy of Italy Italian male poets 19th-century Italian male artists 20th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-19thC-stub

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