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History and Chronicle of the Songbook by Umberto Saba (1883-1957) , the great Italian poet, is a unique book of self-criticism, memoir and criticism. Here we have Saba writing about the art of poetry, the birth and meaning of his own poems.

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Translator's Foreword
Author's Preface
History and Chronicle of the Songbook
Saba's Strengths and Weaknesses and a Few Reasons for his success
Juvenilia and Early Works: Saba's Education and Origin (1900-1910)
Military POems (1908)
House and Country (1909-1910)
Trieste and a Woman (1910-1912)
Serene Desperation (1913-1915)
Poems Written During the War
Light and Airy Things (1920)
The Loving Thorn (1920)
Prelude and Canzonettas (1922-1923)
Autobiography (1920)
The prisoners (1924)
Girls (1925)
Dying Heart (1925-1930)
The Man (1928)
Prelude and Fugues (1928-1929)
Little Berto (1929-1931)
Words (1933-1934)
Five Poems for the Game of Soccer
Last Things 1935-1943
1944
Miscellany
Conclusion
Notes

Umberto Saba

Umberto Saba was born Umberto Poli in 1883. He married Carolina Woelfler in 1909, and their only child, Lina (Linuccia) was born the following year. They lived in various places in northern Italy until Saba bought a bookshop in Trieste in 1919. The first edition of his great Canzoniere, 'a ... read more

'Saba's poetry seems like the pure sound of a voice, a voice nearly freed from the bonds of words. The monody is pure feeling, in a musical state. The Language of Italian poetry which has almost always sought transfiguration in plasticity and relief, has rarely known an exception so singular. Saba attains the lied as if without realising it'
Eugenio Montale 'The moral physiognomy of Saba is very powerfully alive in his work, and makes him, now and forever, a great author. To this vast, complex, long-suffering personality, his poems bear witness, and from it draw their light....I have the impression that Saba, in our day, has been just discovered, and that the task of evaluating the full scope of his greatness will have to fall to others, when distance will have further clarified the perspectives. Saba will have to wait. Yet how many in Europe, can be as certain in their wait as he?'
Quarantotti Gambini

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History and Chronicle of the Songbook Umberto Saba Translated by Stephen Sartarelli 10% off Categories: 19th Century, 20th Century, Italian, Memoirs Imprint: Sheep Meadow Press Publisher: Carcanet Press Available as: Paperback (250 pages) (Pub. Jul 2011) 9781878818393 £9.95 £8.96 Description Excerpt Author Contents Reviews History and Chronicle of the Songbook by Umberto Saba (1883-1957) , the great Italian poet, is a unique book of self-criticism, memoir and criticism. Here we have Saba writing about the art of poetry, the birth and meaning of his own poems. Contents: Translator's Foreword Author's Preface History and Chronicle of the Songbook Saba's Strengths and Weaknesses and a Few Reasons for his success Juvenilia and Early Works: Saba's Education and Origin (1900-1910) Military POems (1908) House and Country (1909-1910) Trieste and a Woman (1910-1912) Serene Desperation (1913-1915) Poems Written During the War Light and Airy Things (1920) The Loving Thorn (1920) Prelude and Canzonettas (1922-1923) Autobiography (1920) The prisoners (1924) Girls (1925) Dying Heart (1925-1930) The Man (1928) Prelude and Fugues (1928-1929) Little Berto (1929-1931) Words (1933-1934) Five Poems for the Game of Soccer Last Things 1935-1943 1944 Miscellany Conclusion Notes Umberto Saba Umberto Saba was born Umberto Poli in 1883. He married Carolina Woelfler in 1909, and their only child, Lina (Linuccia) was born the following year. They lived in various places in northern Italy until Saba bought a bookshop in Trieste in 1919. The first edition of his great Canzoniere, 'a ... read more 'Saba's poetry seems like the pure sound of a voice, a voice nearly freed from the bonds of words. The monody is pure feeling, in a musical state. The Language of Italian poetry which has almost always sought transfiguration in plasticity and relief, has rarely known an exception so singular. Saba attains the lied as if without realising it' Eugenio Montale 'The moral physiognomy of Saba is very powerfully alive in his work, and makes him, now and forever, a great author. To this vast, complex, long-suffering personality, his poems bear witness, and from it draw their light....I have the impression that Saba, in our day, has been just discovered, and that the task of evaluating the full scope of his greatness will have to fall to others, when distance will have further clarified the perspectives. Saba will have to wait. Yet how many in Europe, can be as certain in their wait as he?' Quarantotti Gambini You might also be interested in: The Stories and Recollections of Umberto Saba Umberto Saba, Translated by Estelle Gilson	Share this... Quick Links Carcanet Celebrates 50 Years! Anvil Press Poetry Aspects of Portugal Carcanet Classics Carcanet Fiction Carcanet Film Carcanet Poetry Fyfield Books Lintott Press Little Island Press Lives and Letters OxfordPoets PN Review Sheep Meadow Press The Carcanet Blog PN Review 266: Editorial read more Ian Pople: Spillway: New and Selected Poems read more Peter Sansom: Lanyard read more PN Review 265: Under the Cover with Gregory O'Brien read more PN Review 265: Editorial read more Patrick Worsnip: On Translating Saba read more
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History and Chronicle of the Songbook

Umberto Saba

Translated by Stephen Sartarelli