Alfredo Panzini, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Alfredo Panzini

Italian lexicographer

Date of Birth: 31-Dec-1863

Place of Birth: Senigallia, Marche, Italy

Date of Death: 10-Apr-1939

Profession: writer, literary critic, linguist, lexicographer

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Alfredo Panzini (31 December 1863 – 10 April 1939) was an Italian novelist and lexicographer. Born in Senigallia, Panzini was a student of Giosuè Carducci at the University of Bologna.
Panzini worked as a secondary school teacher before becoming a writer.
Panzini is noted for the humorous and often genial tone of his writings.
Among his many works, there are Libro dei Morti (1893), Santippe (1914), and Il diavolo nella mia libreria (1920).
The idiosyncratic Italian dictionary he authored covered all forms of the language including slang.
It was printed in several editions. Panzini also penned several historical works, and in 1929 was among the first members of the Royal Academy of Italy named by Mussolini.
He died at the age of 75.