Item #H27623 Riflessi, Poems (1949). Imelde Della Valle, pref Carlo Levi, Langebartel.
Riflessi, Poems (1949)
Riflessi, Poems (1949)
Riflessi, Poems (1949)
Riflessi, Poems (1949)
Riflessi, Poems (1949)
Riflessi, Poems (1949)

Riflessi, Poems (1949)

Roma: Tipografia delle Terme, 1949. First Printing. Wraps. 8vo, wraps, very good, light wear and toning, frontispiece, 58 pp, poetry in Italian with preface by Carlo Levi, the Italian communist and activist author of "Christ Stopped at Eboli," recounting his memories of her in the late 1930s and her generosity toward him when he was a wanted man -- he was a great admirer of her personally and as an author. With several ink holograph corrections to text, leading us to think that the author herself did the corrections. Very rare, with five or fewer original copies located by OCLC in libraries. Most of the poems written during WWII or before; she was a philologist, orientalist and Sanskrit scholar who emigrated to the United States and better known here as Imelde Langebartel, her married name. There is online an "oral history" interview with her, late in life, that is worth listening to. Very good. Item #H27623

Price: $150.00

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