Edmundo De Amicis
Edmondo De Amicis (born October 31, 1846, Oneglia, Kingdom of Sardinia; died March 11, 1908, Bordighera, Italy) was a novelist, short story writer, poet, and author of popular travel books and children's stories
Educated at the military academy in Modena, De Amicis was appointed an artilleryman. He wrote numerous sketches of military life for the army newspaper, L'Italia militare, and became its editor in 1867; his stories were compiled in La vita militare (1868; Military Life in Italy, 1882), followed by Novella (1872; “Short Stories”), considered by some critics as his best work. He also wrote poetry (collected in Poesie, 1880), novels, travel diaries, and essays. But his most important work is the sentimental children's story Cuore (1886; 1st English translation, 1887; best translation, The Heart of a Child (1960), written as a school diary, was translated into more than 25 languages.
Educated at the military academy in Modena, De Amicis was appointed an artilleryman. He wrote numerous sketches of military life for the army newspaper, L'Italia militare, and became its editor in 1867; his stories were compiled in La vita militare (1868; Military Life in Italy, 1882), followed by Novella (1872; “Short Stories”), considered by some critics as his best work. He also wrote poetry (collected in Poesie, 1880), novels, travel diaries, and essays. But his most important work is the sentimental children's story Cuore (1886; 1st English translation, 1887; best translation, The Heart of a Child (1960), written as a school diary, was translated into more than 25 languages.
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