Giorgio Orelli, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Giorgio Orelli

Swiss writer (1921-2013)

Date of Birth: 25-May-1921

Place of Birth: Airolo, Ticino, Switzerland

Date of Death: 10-Nov-2013

Profession: writer, poet, translator, literary critic

Nationality: Switzerland

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Giorgio Orelli (May 25, 1921 – November 10, 2013) was an Italian-speaking Swiss poet, writer and translator.He was born in Airolo in the canton of Ticino and was educated at the University of Fribourg, where he was a student of the Roman philologist Gianfranco Contini.
He taught Italian Literature at the Higher School of Commerce in Bellinzona. Giorgio Orelli was a post-hermetic poet.
In the anthology of Piero Chiara and Luciano Erba he appeared as a poet of the Fourth Generation.
Called the Tuscan from Ticino by Gianfranco Contini, Orelli was often associated with the "Lombard Line" of "sober moral realism".He was also known as a translator of Goethe and Andri Peer.
He contributed to various literary magazines (Il Verri, Paragone, Letteratura).
His cousin Giovanni Orelli was also a writer and poet. Giorgio Orelli died in Bellinzona in 2013.
He was the cousin of the writer Giovanni Orelli and the uncle of the alpine skier Michela Figini.