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| Born | Luigi Bertelli 19 March 1860
Florence, Italy |
| Died | 27 November 1920 (aged 62) Florence, Italy |
| Occupation | Author |
Luigi Bertelli (19 March 1860 - 27 November 1920), best known as Vamba, was an Italian writer, illustrator and journalist.
Born in Florence, having completed his studies Bertelli became a railway employer, working first in Rimini and later in Foggia. [1] He later started collaborating with the Roman newspaper Capitan Fracassa and in 1884 he was officially employed as a journalist and caricaturist. [1] He soon adopted the pseudonym "Vamba", named after the clown of Walter Scott's Ivanhoe. [1] After collaborating with several newspapers, in 1890 he founded and directed L'O di Giotto, a newspaper close to the radical political positions of Felice Cavallotti, and in 1901 he co-founded the regional newspaper Il Bruscolo. [1] Best known as a children's author, in 1893 Vamba wrote his first pedagogical novel, Ciondolino, and in 1906 he founded and directed until 1911 the nonconformist children magazine Il giornalino della Domenica. [1] Here, he released in sequential installments his best known novel, Il Giornalino di Gian Burrasca, the pedagogical and humorous story of a lively 9 year old. [1] In the summer of 1920 he fell ill, dying on 27 November 1920. [1]
A funerary monument made by the sculptor Libero Andreotti was inaugurated in Florence on 14 January 1923. [1]
References
Further reading
- Lea Nissim Rossi. Vamba: Luigi Bertelli. Le Monnier, 1954.
- Armando Michieli. Vamba. La Scuola, 1965.
- Lea Nissim Rossi. Luigi Bertelli (Vamba). Mondadori Education, 1967. ISBN 8800863507.
- Anna Ascenzi, Maila Di Felice, Raffaele Tumino. Santa giovinezza!: lettere di Luigi Bertelli e dei suoi corrispondenti, 1883-1920. Alfabetica Edizioni, 2008. ISBN 8890250933.
- Roberta Anau. Gian Burrasca. Ragazzi di marzapane e cervello di crema. La cucina di Vamba. Il leone verde edizioni, 2010. ISBN 8865800046.
- 1858 births
- Writers from Florence
- 1920 deaths
- Journalists from Florence
- Italian male journalists
- 19th-century Italian novelists
- 20th-century Italian novelists
- Italian male novelists
- Italian caricaturists
- Italian children's book illustrators
- Italian children's writers
- 19th-century Italian male writers
- 20th-century Italian male writers
- Italian magazine founders
Vamba | |
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| Born | Luigi Bertelli 19 March 1860
Florence, Italy |
| Died | 27 November 1920 (aged 62) Florence, Italy |
| Occupation | Author |
Luigi Bertelli (19 March 1860 - 27 November 1920), best known as Vamba, was an Italian writer, illustrator and journalist.
Born in Florence, having completed his studies Bertelli became a railway employer, working first in Rimini and later in Foggia. [1] He later started collaborating with the Roman newspaper Capitan Fracassa and in 1884 he was officially employed as a journalist and caricaturist. [1] He soon adopted the pseudonym "Vamba", named after the clown of Walter Scott's Ivanhoe. [1] After collaborating with several newspapers, in 1890 he founded and directed L'O di Giotto, a newspaper close to the radical political positions of Felice Cavallotti, and in 1901 he co-founded the regional newspaper Il Bruscolo. [1] Best known as a children's author, in 1893 Vamba wrote his first pedagogical novel, Ciondolino, and in 1906 he founded and directed until 1911 the nonconformist children magazine Il giornalino della Domenica. [1] Here, he released in sequential installments his best known novel, Il Giornalino di Gian Burrasca, the pedagogical and humorous story of a lively 9 year old. [1] In the summer of 1920 he fell ill, dying on 27 November 1920. [1]
A funerary monument made by the sculptor Libero Andreotti was inaugurated in Florence on 14 January 1923. [1]
References
Further reading
- Lea Nissim Rossi. Vamba: Luigi Bertelli. Le Monnier, 1954.
- Armando Michieli. Vamba. La Scuola, 1965.
- Lea Nissim Rossi. Luigi Bertelli (Vamba). Mondadori Education, 1967. ISBN 8800863507.
- Anna Ascenzi, Maila Di Felice, Raffaele Tumino. Santa giovinezza!: lettere di Luigi Bertelli e dei suoi corrispondenti, 1883-1920. Alfabetica Edizioni, 2008. ISBN 8890250933.
- Roberta Anau. Gian Burrasca. Ragazzi di marzapane e cervello di crema. La cucina di Vamba. Il leone verde edizioni, 2010. ISBN 8865800046.
- 1858 births
- Writers from Florence
- 1920 deaths
- Journalists from Florence
- Italian male journalists
- 19th-century Italian novelists
- 20th-century Italian novelists
- Italian male novelists
- Italian caricaturists
- Italian children's book illustrators
- Italian children's writers
- 19th-century Italian male writers
- 20th-century Italian male writers
- Italian magazine founders