Lento Goffi (15 November 1923 – 14 January 2008) was an Italian poet, literary critic and journalist who carried out his work mainly in Lombardy, in the

Brescia Brescia (, ; ; or ; ) is a city and (municipality) in the region of Lombardy, in Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Alps, a few kilometers from the lakes Lake Garda, Garda and Lake Iseo, Iseo. With a population of 199,949, it is the se ...

area.

Biography

Born in 1923 into an

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family, he attended the in Brescia and graduated in Modern Literature at the

University of Milan The University of Milan (; ), officially abbreviated as UNIMI, or colloquially referred to as La Statale ("the State niversity), is a public university, public research university in Milan, Italy. It is one of the largest universities in Eu ...

, later teaching in some institutes in Brescia. He has published, among others, in the magazine ''Il Bruttanome''. Goffi was married to Elisa Marchina; they had a son, Giorgio. Goffi died in 2008 in an elderly care facility in Brescia.

Poetics

Goffi was one of the most important and active fourth generation exponents of ''

Lombard line ''Lombard line'' () is the name of an artistic movement that developed in Northern Italy, particularly in the region of Lombardy, at the end of the 19th century and flourished during the first three quarters of the 20th century. This literary mov ...

'', developed in Lombardy area from the end of the 19th century and flourished during the first three quarters of the 20th century.

Major works

Poetry

* 1962: ''Lunarietto'' (Il Bruttanome) * 1964: ''Cinque poesie e una prosa'' () * 1968: ''Dalla Marca d'Oriente'' (Scheiwiller) * 1971: ''Un'isola, sì'' con sei incisioni di Franca Ghitti (L.N.C.) * 1974: ''Evasivamente flou'' () * 1979: ''Cronachetta'' con sei incisioni di Franca Ghitti (Scheiwiller) * 1981: ''Un sabato di febbraio'' (Società di poesia) * 1984: ''L'attimo incolore'' con tre acqueforti di Giovanni Repossi'' (Il Farfengo) * 1986: ''Diario per l'assente'' (, Mondadori) * 1991: ''L'amata Phegea'' (La Quadra) * 1994: ''Per orbite interne'' (La Quadra)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Goffi, Lento 1923 births 2008 deaths People from Chiari, Lombardy University of Milan alumni Italian male poets Italian literary critics Italian anti-fascists 20th-century Italian novelists 20th-century Italian male writers 20th-century Italian poets Italian male novelists