Cristina Campo, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Cristina Campo

Italian poet and writer

Date of Birth: 23-Apr-1923

Place of Birth: Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Date of Death: 10-Jan-1977

Profession: writer, poet, translator

Nationality: Italy

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Cristina Campo

  • Cristina Campo was the pen name of Vittoria Maria Angelica Marcella Cristina Guerrini (April 28, 1923 – January 10, 1977), an Italian writer and translator.
  • She also published under the pseudonyms Puccio Quaratesi, Bernardo Trevisano, Giusto Cabianca and Benedetto P.
  • d'Angelo.The daughter of Guido Guerrini and Emilia Putti, she was born in Bologna and grew up in Florence.
  • During World War II, she began translating into Italian literary works by authors such as Katherine Mansfield, Eduard Mörike and Hugo von Hofmannsthal.
  • She began to attend the salon of Anna Banti in Florence.
  • She contributed to various publications including Paragone, Conoscenza religiosa and Questo e altro, and also started the column "Posta letteraria" in Corriere dell'Adda with Gianfranco Draghi.
  • She began translating works by Simone Weil into Italian.
  • In 1955, she moved to Rome which marked a major change in her life.
  • In 1956, she published a poetry collection Passo d'addio.From 1956 to 1961, she wrote a number of scripts for the Italian national radio system RAI.
  • She also translated works by William Carlos Williams and John Donne into Italian.In Rome, she met Elémire Zolla.
  • He introduced her to Eastern philosophies and mysticism.
  • They both were members of the group "La voce", which was opposed to liturgical changes introduced in the Catholic church by the Second Vatican Council.
  • Together, they edited the 1963 anthology I mistici.Her mother died in 1964 and her father died the following year.
  • She was so disturbed by these events that she left her home and moved first into a pension and then, in 1968, to an apartment.She died in Rome of a heart attack at the age of 53.Her poetry and translations were later collected in La tigre assenza, first published in 1991.

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