Casa Carducci, the house where Giosuè Carducci spent the last seventeen years of his life is now a museum. [1]
Giosuè Carducci was an Italian poet and writer. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1906, becoming the first Italian writer to receive the honour.
Born in 1835, Giosuè Alessandro Giuseppe Carducci is considered one of the most important Italian poets of the late 19th century. He was a leading figure of the Romantic movement in Italy and was known for his innovative use of classical themes, forms, and metre.
From the time he was in school, Carducci was fascinated with the Greek and Roman styles, and his work reflects this. He graduated with a degree in philosophy and letters from the University of Pisa and studied the Italian classics: Dante, Tasso, and Alfieri. While studying, he translated Book 9 of Homer’s Iliad into Italian. After several years teaching in various high schools, he received the appointment of the chair of Italian Literature at the University of Bologna, a post he held until his retirement in 1904.
Carducci’s poetry inspired his compatriots in the war for Italian independence, and he enjoyed enormous popularity both at home and abroad. He translated the lyrics of Goethe and Heine, greatly influencing the development of his own poetry, and also produced a substantial body of prose works.
When he received the Nobel Prize in 1906, Carducci was not well enough to travel to Stockholm to receive his prize, which was instead presented to him at his home. On 16 February 1907, he died from cirrhosis of the liver at his home in Bologna, at the age of 72. The funeral was held on 19 February and Carducci was buried at the Certosa di Bologna.
Despite his greatness in his day, Carducci had fallen into obscurity by the end of the twentieth century.