Elio Filippo Accrocca
Elio Filippo Accrocca (17 April 1923 – 11 March 1996) was an Italian poet, author, and translator.
Having been born in Cori, Lazio, Accrocca studied at the University of Rome under the modernist poet Giuseppe Ungaretti, who remained a core influence on his poetry.[1] From the mid-1950s, Accrocca began experimenting in new directions.[2] He was an associate of many other figures in the Italian cultural scene, among them both literary figures like Alessandro Parronchi and artists like Marco Lusini.
In 1959, Accrocca and fellow poets
cask of wine; in 1974, it was changed to a cash prize of 1,000,000 Italian lira.[5]
From 1977 he taught arts at the Accademia di belle arti di Foggia where he also worked as its director. Accrocca died in Rome, aged 72.
References
- ^ "Elio Filippo Accrocca". Oxford Reference. Oxford University Press.
- ^ "E'Morto Elio Filippo Accrocca". La Republica. 12 March 1996.
- ^ "Prima Festa dell'associazione Frascati Poesia" [First Festival of the Frascati Poetry Association] (in Italian). Abitare a Roma. 18 June 2009. Retrieved 2012-11-24.
- ^ "Un viale per Antonio Seccareccia" [An Avenue for Antonio Seccareccia] (in Italian). Castelli News. 21 May 2011. Archived from the original on 4 July 2009. Retrieved 2012-11-24.
- ^ "Finalisti del Premio nazionale di poesia "Seccareccia"" [National Seccareccia Poetry Prize Finalists] (in Italian). Castelli News. 17 October 2010. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 2012-11-24.
External links
- Video interview with Accrocca from 1990 on YouTube
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