Dino Campana
Dino Campana was an Italian visionary poet. His fame rests on his only published book of poetry, the Canti Orfici, as well as his wild and erratic personality, including his ill-fated love affair with Sibilla Aleramo. He is often seen as an Italian example of a poète maudit.
20 August 1885
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