The writer and critic Pietro Citati died

The writer and literary critic Pietro Citati died at the age of 92.

This was announced by the Repubblica website, of which he has long been one of the most authoritative signatures.

Born in Florence on February 9, 1930, in his long reflection he ranged from Homer to Proust, from Leopardi to Goethe, from Manzoni to Kafka.

In 1984 he won the Strega prize with the biography Tolstoy.

Fine interpreter of the authors at the center of his critical reflection, former collaborator of Giorno and Corriere della Sera, Citati also won the Viareggio prize in 1970 with his 'Goethe' and numerous awards abroad.

Among his works 'Images of Alessandro Manzoni: an essay' (1973);

'Alessandro' (1974);

'Short Life of Katherine Mansfield' (1980);

'Tolstoy' (1983);

'Kafka' (1987); 'Portraits of women' (1992);

'The stabbed dove: Proust and the Recherche' (1995);

'The light of the night.

The great myths in the history of the world '(1996);

'The hill of Brusuglio: portrait of Manzoni' (1997);

'The harmony of the world: myths of today' (1998);

'The colored mind: Ulysses and the Odyssey' (2002);

'Israel and Islam:

the sparks of God '(2003);

'Extravagant Pages by Pietro Citati' (2005);

'Death of the Butterfly: Zelda and Francis Scott Fitzgerald' (2006);

'The disease of infinity' (2008);

'Leopardi' (2010);

'Don Quixote' (2013);

'The Gospels' (2014).

In 2006 a Meridiano Mondadori was released composed of his writings, 'The European Literary Civilization', edited by Paolo Lagazzi, designed by the author himself by cutting out essays of various sizes and choosing entire books from his vast production.

(2014).

In 2006 a Meridiano Mondadori was released composed of his writings, 'The European Literary Civilization', edited by Paolo Lagazzi, designed by the author himself by cutting out essays of various sizes and choosing entire books from his vast production.

(2014).

In 2006 a Meridiano Mondadori was released composed of his writings, 'The European Literary Civilization', edited by Paolo Lagazzi, designed by the author himself by cutting out essays of various sizes and choosing entire books from his vast production.