Cesare De Titta ( Sant'Eusanio del Sangro, 27 January 1862– ''ibidem'', 14 February 1933) was an

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poet who wrote in

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and in Neapolitan Abruzzese. His mother was Sofia Loreto, and his father, Vincenzo De Titta, was a public notary. Cesare attended the Seminary of

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from the age of sixteen, in order to become a priest, and studied classical languages at the Seminary of

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from

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, where he would later be its dean. Among his most important linguistic works are ''Grammatica della lingua viva'' and ''Grammatica della lingua latina''.

Works

*''Saggi di traduzione da Catulo'' (1890) *''Canzoni abruzzesi'' (1919) *''Nuove canzoni abruzzesi'' (1923) *''Gente d'Abruzzo'' (1923) *''Terra d'oro'' (1925) *''Acqua, foco, vento'' (1925)

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1862 births 1933 deaths 19th-century Italian poets 20th-century Italian poets 19th-century Italian male writers 20th-century Italian male writers 19th-century writers in Latin 20th-century writers in Latin Latin-language writers from Italy 19th-century Italian Roman Catholic priests {{Italy-writer-stub