Ugo Iginio Tarchetti was an Italian author, poet, and journalist.

Born in San Salvatore Monferrato, his military career was cut short by ill health, and in 1865 he settled in Milan. Here he entered literary study, becoming part of the Scapigliatura

Scapigliatura

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, a literary movement animated by a spirit of rebellion against traditional culture. He worked on several newspapers and published short stories, novels, and poems. He contracted tuberculosis

Tuberculosis

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 and died in poverty at the age of 29.

Works

• Opere, Cappelli, Bologna, 1967.
• Paolina, Mursia, Milano, 1994.
• L'Amore Nell'Arte, Passigli, Firenze, 1992.
• Racconti Fantastici + Racconti Vari, Bompiani, Milano, 1993. Translated by Lawrence Venuti
  Lawrence Venuti
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   as Fantastic Tales, Mercury House, San Francisco, 1992.
• Una Nobile Follia, Mondadori, Milano, 2004.
• Fosca, Mondadori, Milano, 1981. Translated by Lawrence Venuti
  Lawrence Venuti
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   as Passion, Mercury House, San Francisco, 1994. Fosca served as the basis for Ettore Scola's 1981 film Passione d'amore
  Passion of Love
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  , and Stephen Sondheim
  Stephen Sondheim
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  's 1994 stage musical Passion
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  .