Raffaello Brignetti

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Raffaello Brignetti

Raffaello Brignetti (born

Ungaretti, in common with other young idealistic intellectuals of his era such as Leone Piccioni, Silori Luigi, Mario Petrucciani, Elio Filippo Accrocca
, etc.

He embarked on a journalistic career in Rome, working in leading papers like

Premio Strega
for La spiaggia d'oro (1971).

He lived for a long time in the Medici tower of Marciana Marina on Elba and then in the small apartment at the foot of the tower. He died in 1978. The Isola d'Elba-Raffaele Brignetti Literary Prize is named after him. Brignetti's work is noted for its familiarity with, and treatment of, the sea and maritime life.

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