Fresching was an Italian publishing house based in

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History

The publishing house was founded in

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, by Mario Fresching. Mario Fresching was the most important typographer in Parma in his day. Politically, Fresching was initially a socialist, then an interventionist leading up to Italy's entry into

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, and finally one of the founders of the

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of Parma in 1919. In 1941 Fresching printed an anthology of young authors, including a number of local writers who would go on to leave a mark on the culture of the city of Parma. It published works by authors such as

Renzo Pezzani Renzo Pezzani (4 June 1898 – 14 July 1951) was an Italian poet and writer. Biography He was born in Parma on 4 June 1898. After graduating as a primary school teacher, he became a teacher in the early 1920s and began writing. He founded the ma ...

Francesco Salata Francesco Salata (17 September 1876 – 10 March 1944) was an Italian senator, politician, journalist, historian and writer. Salata was an irredentist, although he had a more legalistic approach than other contemporaries, as well as being more ...

Pietro Giordani Pietro Giordani (January 1, 1774 – September 2, 1848) was an Italian writer, classical literary scholar, and a close friend of, and influence on, Giacomo Leopardi. Biography Born in Piacenza, Giordani originally set out to become a monk. But ...

, Ferdinando Bernini, Giuseppe Balestrazzi, Giovanni Copertini, Luigi Sorrento, Franco Fochi, Gaetano Cesari and Arnaldo Barilli. Its founder died shortly after the closure of the typography.

References

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