Gianni Celati
Gianni Celati (Sondrio, 1937) è stato uno scrittore, traduttore, anglista, critico letterario e documentarista italiano.
Nasce a Sondrio, dove si trova la famiglia a causa del lavoro del padre, usciere di banca spostato spesso di sede in sede a causa dei litigi con i suoi superiori. Il padre Antonio era originario di Bondeno, vicino a Ferrara, mentre la madre, Exenia Dolores Martelli, era nata a Sandolo, vicino al delta del Po. Celati passa l'infanzia e l'adolescenza in provincia di Ferrara.
Laureatosi in letteratura inglese presso l'Università di Bologna scrive articoli per Marcatré, Lingua e stile, Il Verri, Il Caffè, Quindici, Sigma, ecc. oltre a pubblicare le prime traduzioni. Assume la cattedra di letteratura angloamericana del DAMS di B
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He was awarded the 1934 Nobel Prize in Literature for "his bold and ingenious revival of dramatic and scenic art"
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Considerato uno dei maggiori romanzieri italiani di tutti i tempi per il suo celebre romanzo I promessi sposi, caposaldo della letteratura italiana, Manzoni ebbe il merito principale di aver gettato le basi per il romanzo moderno e di aver così patrocinato l'unità linguistica italiana, sulla scia di quella letteratura moralmente e civilmente impegnata propria dell'Illuminismo italiano.
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