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, 30 May 1885), was an Italian writer in various literary genres, representative of the romantic literary movement and also an educator.


Biography

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lived his childhood under the custody of his mother, because his father, a surgeon by profession, died when Giuseppe was just a baby. He shared the early years of his life together with his two brothers and two sisters. At an early age, he was sent to an educational institution, never able to see his family again, but with the satisfaction of being successful in his school life. He devoted himself to being an educator for much of his life, serving as
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in high schools and lyceums in various cities in
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. He completed his Bachelor of Literature studies at the
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. In March 1848, during a short military career, he crossed the
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carrying a rifle on his shoulder, from the Italian Piedmont and towards
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territory, supporting the insurgents of Milan, under the leadership of King Charles Albert of Savoy. A year after finishing his military career, he entered the world of teaching. He stood out for demonstrating a great passion for teaching, imparting knowledge to his students with patience and dedication, always correcting them to contribute to the development of good Christians and citizens. During his years of activity as an educator, this Piedmontese combined that activity with the production of literary works in different genres. In the educational field, he was known for being a person dedicated to the formation of his young students in values and different academic facets. In the literary field, he was characterized by composing works where he expressed his affectionate and delicate character, especially in the
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s he composed. In this genre, he made writings of an educational nature, following the example of La Mennais and
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Literary career

Among the literary works authored by him, he wrote some novels. He also wrote numerous
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s, speeches, parables, and stories. The parables are a class of writings that were used in times before Botero's life, to provide teachings to the people in general, but in a very limited way in Italy. During his lifetime, very few authors used them as a literary genre of writing. One of his works was the novel ''Ricciarda oi Nurra ei Cabras'' (Ricciarda or the Nurra and the Cabras), which refers to the frequent theme of love between young people belonging to families that hate each other, which Sardinian novelists like very much. The events of this story take place on the island of
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, specifically between the end of the 14th century and the beginning of the 15th century. However, due to its theme, its development could perfectly correspond to the environment lived on the island during all the centuries of modern times. Botero's purpose through this literary work was to show the serious damage that passions, even good ones, can cause to human beings if they do not govern their actions through the use of reason, also relying on the bases of a good education.


Main literary works


Career as an educator

In 1849, he was assigned the chair of Italian literature, teaching at the high school of
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. Later, he was director in other high schools, including the Lyceum of Lecce, the Lyceum of Faenza, the Lyceum of Pistoya, the Lyceum of Campobasso and the Torricelli Lyceum, the latter being also located in the city of
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, in the region of
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. From 1850 to 1854, he lived in the city of
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, where he was a teacher at the Dettori Lyceum. There, he wrote some of his literary works, on Sardinian themes and of a historical-descriptive type, in the line of writing of the author
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Presidency of the Torricelli Lyceum

On 20 February 1869, Giuseppe Botero assumed the position of president of the Torricelli Lyceum, one of the oldest and most traditional secondary schools in Italy, located in the city of Faenza, in the province of
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. He received the position from Valentino Cigliutti. From 1865 and until 1874 – during a large part of Botero's period as president of the institute, one of the most important events in the history of the lyceum was held: the ''Annual Literary Festival'', through which each year the institute paid homage to an Italian writer of the past, with the active participation of the students of the educational establishment through different disciplines and cultural expressions. Another important event for the lyceum during Botero's presidency was the return of the institution in 1873 to its former headquarters in the
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convent, in the same city of Faenza. The convent facilities were duly remodelled and prepared to accommodate the educational staff and their students. Giuseppe Botero assumed the position of president of the lyceum (later renamed ''Torricelli-Ballardini'') until 1875, before being replaced by Francesco Brizio. On 30 May 1885, Botero died in Italian territory, 10 years after finishing his work as a teacher at the Torricelli Lyceum and after a 30-year career as a writer and 26 years as a licensed educator.


See also

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Sardinian literature The literature of Sardinia is the literary production of Sardinian authors, as well as the literary production generally referring to Sardinia as an argument, written in various languages. The beginnings The existence and understanding of ...
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Romanticism Romanticism (also known as the Romantic movement or Romantic era) was an artistic and intellectual movement that originated in Europe towards the end of the 18th century. The purpose of the movement was to advocate for the importance of subjec ...
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Botero Botero is a surname of Italian origin, common in Colombia and along with other similar variants (Boter, Boteri, Botter, Botteri, Bottero), it originated in the Piedmont region of Italy, more specifically, in the town of Bene Vagienna, province of P ...
. Italian surname


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Torricelli Lyceum – First centenary of its foundation
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, Italy (1963).


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Botero, Giuseppe Italian writers 1815 births 1885 deaths Writers from the Kingdom of Sardinia 19th-century Italian novelists 19th-century Italian educators Italian short story writers Italian male short story writers