Pietro Citati

Italian writer and literary critic (1930-2022).

Born February 20th, 1930 in Florence. [ref]

Died July 28th, 2022 at 92 years old in Roccamare. [ref]

Occupations
journalist, literary critic, writer
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Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel