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Delio Tessa (18 November 1886 – 21 September 1939) was an
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poet from
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who wrote dialect poetry.


Biography

He studied at the
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in
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and graduated as a
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in the
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of
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. After University studies he did not like the job of conciliator judge. He dedicated the free times deepening
Milanese dialect Milanese (endonym in traditional orthography , ) is the central variety of the Western dialect of the Lombard language spoken in Milan, the rest of its metropolitan city, and the northernmost part of the province of Pavia. Milanese, due to t ...
literature as:
Carlo Porta Carlo Porta (15 June 17755 January 1821) was an Italian poet, the most famous writer in Milanese (the prestige dialect of the Lombard language). Biography Early life and education Carlo Porta was born in Milan to a well-to-do family. His fath ...
, and started to write some comedies and film scripts like: ''Vecchia Europa'', postume published on 1986. He was part of the second generation of
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. An
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, he remained aloof from official culture, devoting himself to local sphere. Except the collection of poems ''L'è el dì di mort, alegher!'', all his works have been published posthumously. Tessa died in 1939 of
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, and was buried, according to his will, in a common field of Musocco. However, in 1950 Milan City Council transferred his body to the city's Monumental Cemetery, where other eminent Milanese people lie.


Poetry and thought

He was the most renowned writer in the
Milanese dialect Milanese (endonym in traditional orthography , ) is the central variety of the Western dialect of the Lombard language spoken in Milan, the rest of its metropolitan city, and the northernmost part of the province of Pavia. Milanese, due to t ...
after
Carlo Porta Carlo Porta (15 June 17755 January 1821) was an Italian poet, the most famous writer in Milanese (the prestige dialect of the Lombard language). Biography Early life and education Carlo Porta was born in Milan to a well-to-do family. His fath ...
. The originality of his poetry stands mostly in his expressionism and his satirical (both sad and ironical) way to depict Death. The topics of his poetics are the drama of the World War I and of the daily life of neglects, revised in personal way and caring very much about the sonority of the lines. Often the topic of the dead women is present, with a pessimism and distrust of personal and cultural origin (
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,
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, Russian novel,
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). The restlessness is reflected in the tension of the language, used like strongly fragmented popular language.


Works and styles

His masterpiece is ''L'è el dì di Mort, alegher!'' ("It's the day of the Dead, be happy!", a collection of his lyrics, 1932). Stylistically, he uses massively "enjambements" and parentheticals; he mixes
Milanese dialect Milanese (endonym in traditional orthography , ) is the central variety of the Western dialect of the Lombard language spoken in Milan, the rest of its metropolitan city, and the northernmost part of the province of Pavia. Milanese, due to t ...
(a dialect of
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spoken in the city and in the Hinterland) with Italian and foreign languages such as French and English, making them rhyme, too. The themes of the First World War faced up by Tessa appeared in the settenary poem: Caporetto 1917; dedicated to the
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.


References

1886 births 1939 deaths Writers from Milan Italian male poets Western Lombard language 20th-century Italian poets 20th-century Italian male writers {{italy-poet-stub