Capuana, Luigi
Capuana, Luigi (1839–1915),Italian writer, dramatist, and journalist. He was born to a wealthy bourgeois family outside of Catania, in Sicily, and as a young man abandoned his law studies to dedicate himself to writing and journalism. He is known, together with Giovanni Verga, as one of the foremost exponents of the verismo literary movement. Among his many novels are Giacinta (1879), Profumo (Perfume, 1890), and his most famous work, Il marchese di Roccaverdina (The Marquis of Roccaverdina, 1901); he also published 19 volumes of short prose. Following Verga's example, Capuana recognized the artistic and expressive value of folkloric material, and often incorporated it into his work; indeed, the ‘impersonal’ style advocated by verismo found a natural correlate in folk and fairy tales.
Capuana also contributed significantly to the canon of children's literature that was being...
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