Poet, born in Rome, Latium, Italy. His first poems were published in Roman reviews to which he was a regular contributor. In 1895 appeared Quaranta sonetti romaneschi, followed by Altri sonetti (1898), Caffè-concerto (1901), and other collections in Roman dialect which paint a vivid and mostly humorous picture of the Roman bourgeoisie, although sometimes veined with sadness. His later work features more traditional themes, as in Ommini e bestie (1908) and La gente (1927), and sees the sonnet replaced by more open schemes.
Carlo Alberto Salustri (Rome, 1871-1950) was an Italian dialect poet, better known by his pen name of Trilussa (an anagram of “Salustri”).
Biography
Trilussa lived a very poor childhood, as his father had died when he was only three years old. His first collection, Le stelle de Roma ("Rome's Stars"), is from 1889
Trilussa's fame grew in the 1920s and 1930s, though he was not a part of any literary circle, preferring to be in the streets and taverns, which were the source of his inspiration.
A very popular person in his city and Italy, Trilussa was named Life Senator on December 1, 1950, by the Italian President Luigi Einaudi.
In the work known as Illustrissimi, a collection of letters written by Pope John Paul I when he was Patriarch of Venice, Trilussa is one of the recipients of the letters.
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