Aurelio De Rose, Neapolitan writer and critic - he was born in Naples in 1939 - who had shone a spotlight on Neapolitan art and language, died yesterday in Rome.
Art critic, passionate about the history and ancient and modern artistic culture of his city, he has collaborated with various newspapers and literary magazines with interventions on the history of costume and art criticism. Among the winners of the Pontano Prize (poetry section), 1977 and First Prize (silloge) Memorial Gennaro Sparagna, 2007.
He is one of the authors of the text Metrò-Art-Visiting Naples with the Metro. Dieffe Comunicazioni, Naples, 2003. He is present in various anthologies and texts, including: La parola negata (report on poetry in Naples), by Mario M. Gabriele, Nuova Letteratura, Campobasso, 2004; Le città dei poeti, edited by Carlo Felice Colucci, Guida, Naples, 2005; Those Neapolitans to Remember, vol. 2, by Achille della Ragione, Naples, 2013.
He has published: Monili, La Zagara / Testi di poesia - IGEI, Naples, 1979; Naples of the old and the new. Chronology of dynastic and itineraries of the city, il Girasole, Naples, 1994; Le fontane di Napoli, Newton & Compton, Rome, 1994; The Gothic Churches of Naples, Newton & Compton, Rome, 1995; Palazzi di Napoli, Newton & Compton, Rome 2001; Piano Concerto, Stravagario, Minturno, 2008; L'Anticaglia, Passeggiando per il Decumano cuore della Napoli antica, Stamperia del Valentino, Naples, 2009; Neapolis-Anecdotica e memoria, Youcanprint, Lecce, 2012; Naples-La Cappella Sansevero, La storia, le opere, gli artisti, Rogiosi, Napoli, 2014. The Mysterious Sebeto, history of the waters in Campania and the fountains of Naples, Cuzzolin, Naples 2017.
He was bound by a deep friendship to Marcello D'Orta, the Neapolitan writer and teacher. For this reason, today it is his son, Father Giacomo D'Orta, who will give the news and tomorrow, Monday 16 October, he will officiate the funeral ceremony in the church of S. Ugo in Viale Lina Cavalieri 3 at 11 am.
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