Lento Goffi
Italian poet (1923–2008)
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Biography
Born in 1923 into an anti-fascist family, he attended the Liceo Arnaldo in Brescia and graduated in Modern Literature at the University of Milan, later teaching in some institutes in Brescia.[2] He has published, among others, in the magazine Il Bruttanome.[3] Goffi was married to Elisa Marchina; they had a son, Giorgio.[4]
Goffi died in 2008[5] in an elderly care facility in Brescia.
Poetics
Goffi was one of the most important and active fourth generation exponents of Lombard line,[6] 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 (Sigma (review))
- 1968: Dalla Marca d'Oriente (Scheiwiller)[7]
- 1971: Un'isola, sì con sei incisioni di Franca Ghitti (L.N.C.)
- 1974: Evasivamente flou (Scheiwiller Books)
- 1979: Cronachetta con sei incisioni di Franca Ghitti (Scheiwiller)
- 1981: Un sabato di febbraio (Società di poesia)[8]
- 1984: L'attimo incolore con tre acqueforti di Giovanni Repossi (Il Farfengo)
- 1986: Diario per l'assente (Lo Specchio (collection), Mondadori)
- 1991: L'amata Phegea (La Quadra)
- 1994: Per orbite interne (La Quadra)