Umberto Saba
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Umberto Saba was an Italian poet and novelist, born Umberto Poli in the cosmopolitan Mediterranean port of Trieste when it was the fourth largest city of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Poli assumed the
Umberto Saba, 1951
Saba as a child
Saba (left) receiving his honorary doctorate from the University of Rome in 1953
Ernesto (novel)
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Ernesto is an unfinished novel by Umberto Saba, written in 1953 and published posthumously in 1975. It was his only work of fiction. It was largely autobiographical, including details about the title
Umberto Saba
…Birds – Nearly a Story (1951) Ernesto (written 1953, published 1975) Italian editions…
First edition