Giuseppe Prezzolini

Giuseppe Prezzolini (27 January 1882 – 16 July 1982) was an Italian literary critic, journalist, editor and writer, later an American citizen.

Prezzolini was born in Perugia in January 1882. In 1903 he founded together with Giovanni Papini the literary journal Leonardo. Prezzolini was also the editor of the magazine until 1907 when it ceased publication. In 1908 he founded La Voce, a cultural and literary journal that grew to become very influential.

In 1929 he moved to the United States, where he taught at Columbia University in New York and served as Head of that University's Casa Italiana. He was the author of many books in both Italian and English, including primary essays of philosophy, history and literary criticism.

He died in Lugano on 16 July 1982.

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