Tiziano Rossi
# Tiziano Rossi

Tiziano Rossi (born in Milan, 1935) is an Italian poet. He is well known for his published books of poetry, but in 2020 he also published a collection of short tales.

## Biography

Son of the painter Giovanni Rossi, as a poet he is considered an important exponent of the well known Lombard line (a category which id to be understood in a broad sense, not coinciding perfectly with the geographical area). In his poetry it is often clear a civil wish to defend life from industrial and technology invasions. He is the editor (with Ermanno Krumm) of the anthological work Poesia italiana del Novecento, with a preface by Mario Luzi (Milan: 1995). He won the Viareggio Prize for poetry in 2000. In 2020 he published a collection of poetical, sarcastic anti-fairy tale (antifavole). In the same year he adheres at the Empathic Movement (Empathism). He won Cilento Poetry Prize in 2022.

## Selected works

* La talpa imperfetta, Milano, Mondadori, 1968
* Dallo sdrucciolare al rialzarsi, Milano, Guanda, 1976
* Miele e no, Milano, Garzanti, 1988
* Il movimento dell'adagio, Milano, Garzanti, 1993
* Pare che il Paradiso, Milano, Garzanti, 1998
* Gente di corsa, Milano, Garzanti, 2000
* Tutte le poesie (1963-2000), Milano, Garzanti, 2003
* Cronaca perduta, Milano, Mondadori, 2006
* Faccende laterali, Milano, Garzanti, 2009
* Spigoli del sonno, Milano, Mursia, 2012
* Piccola orchestra. Antifavole e dicerìe, Milano, La Vita Felice, 2020

## Awards

* Premio Nazionale Letterario Pisa
* Premio Nazionale Rhegium Julii
* Viareggio Prize
* Cilento Poetry Prize

## Bibliografia

* Giorgio Luzzi, Poesia italiana 1941-1988: la via lombarda. Diciannove poeti contemporanei scelti, antologizzati e introdotti da Giorgio Luzzi, Marcos y Marcos, Milano 1989.
* Dizionario della letteratura italiana del Novecento, Torino, Einaudi, 1992, ad vocem.
* Giulio Ferroni, Andrea Cortellessa, Italo Pantani, Silvia Tatti, Ricostruzione e sviluppo nel dopoguerra (1945-1968), vol XI of Storia e testi della letteratura italiana, Milano, Mondadori, 2005, p. 114.
* On Encyclopædia Britannica: Tiziano Rossi | Italian author | Britannica
