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Edmondo de Amicis
Edmondo De Amicis was an Italian novelist, journalist, poet, and short-story writer. His best-known book is the children's novel Heart.
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culture · Italian novelist, journalist and poet (1846 – 1908) · writer · politician · journalist · children's writer · poet · prose writer · young adult author · also Edmondo de Amicis, Edmondo De Amicis, Edmondo Mario Alberto De Amicis, Amicis
Born 21 October 1846 · Died 11 March 1908 · Q240576
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1953· 1 entry
“Istanbul (not Constantinople)”
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1908· 5 entries
Died 1908-03-11.
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“La amicizie sono come i matrimoni: non se ne fa che una su dieci per amore.”
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“Kto ma złe sumienie, ten nie może być zdrów.”
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“Mestre, depois de pai, é o nome mais nobre e mais doce que um homem pode dar a outro.”
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“Wtem jeden z oficerów rzucił mu swój medal zasługi. Inny znów pochylił się i ucałował zimne czoło chłopca. A kwiaty padały ciągle, na bose nożyny, na piersi skrwawione, na jasną główkę jego. A on jak gdyby spał na trawie, otulony w sztandar, z tą białą twarzą, cichy, uśmiechnięty… właśnie jak gdyby czuł biedny chłopczyna tę pośmiertną sławę i jak gdyby był rad, że życie oddał za Lombardię swoją.”
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1897· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Kingdom of Italy (1897–1900).
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1896· 1 entry
Adhered to the Italian Socialist Party
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1870· 1 entry
Joined the staff of the journal La Nazione in Rome, and his correspondence at the time later served as base for his travel writings: Spagna (1873), Olanda (1874), Ricordi di Londra (1874), Marocco (1876), Constantinop
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1846· 1 entry
Born 1846-10-21.
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