Luciano Erba (18 September 1922 – 3 August 2010) was an Italian poet, literary critic and translator.

Life and career

Born in

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, in 1947 Erba graduated in French literature at the

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. A member of the so-called "Linea Lombarda" movement, he debuted as a poet in 1951 with the collection ''Linea K.''; his style was characterized from a realistic and everyday approach which was at the same time also metaphoric and hermetic.Roberto Deidier (2000)
Erba, Luciano
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- VI Appendice''. Treccani. During his career Erba was the recipient of numerous award, including the Viareggio Prize for Poetry in 1980 for ''Il prato piu verde'' and ''Il nastro di Moebius'', the

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in 1988 for ''II tranviere metafisico'', the

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in 1995 for ''L'ipotesi circense''. Erba was lecturer in several universities, including his alma mater. He collaborated as a literary critic to various publications, including ''Itinerari'', ''

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'', '' Il Verri'' and ''The Western Review'', and was active as a translator from French and English languages.

References

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Luciano Erba
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(October 28, 2009)
The Metaphysical Tramdriver: Reading Luciano Erba
''The Cat Flap''. 1922 births 2010 deaths Writers from Milan Viareggio Prize winners 20th-century Italian poets 21st-century Italian poets 21st-century Italian male writers Italian male poets Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore alumni Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore faculty Italian literary critics 20th-century Italian male writers Italian male non-fiction writers 20th-century Italian translators {{italy-writer-stub