Edmondo De Amicis
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Edmondo De Amicis was an Italian novelist, journalist, poet, and short-story writer. His best-known book is the children's novel Heart.
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Gabrielle D. Clements, Edmondo De Amicis, 1898, etching
Heart (novel)
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Heart is a children's novel by the Italian author Edmondo De Amicis who was a novelist, journalist, short story writer, and poet. The novel is his best known work to this day, having been inspired by
Edmondo De Amicis
…21 October 1846 – 11 March 1908) was an Italian novelist, journalist, poet, and short-story writer. His best-known book is the children's novel Heart. Born in Oneglia (today part of the city of Imperia), he went to the Military Academy of Modena, and became an Army officer in the new Kingdom of Italy…
1886 first edition title page
Cover of Herz, an 1894 German translation