DE AMICIS, Edmondo (Oneglia, 1846 - Bordighera, 1908)Cartolina postale autografa indirizzata a Luigi Lodi

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Edmondo De Amicis (Oneglia, 1846 - Bordighera 1908) attended the Military Academy of Modena until the summer of 1865, graduating with the rank of second lieutenant. He then became a military journalist and moved to Florence to take over the management of L'Italia militare, the official organ of the Ministry of War.
His writing career began with the publication of military sketches in this and other newspapers, which were later collected and published in his first volume, La vita militare (1868). This was followed by numerous other novels, such as Spagna (1873); Ricordati di Parigi (Remember Paris, 1879); Cuore (Heart, 1886), one of the most popular books in world children's literature; Romanzo di un maestro (A Teacher's Novel, 1890); Amore e ginnastica (Love and Gymnastics, 1892); La carrozza di tutti (The Carriage for Everyone, 1899); Sull'oceano (On the Ocean, 1899); The Gentle Language (1905); and finally Memories of a Trip to Sicily, his last book, published in 1908.
In 1903, De Amicis was elected a member of the Accademia della Crusca and in 1906 he joined the Higher Council of Education upon appointment by Minister Vittorio Emanuele Orlando.

Luigi Lodi (Crevalcore, 1856 – Rome, 1933) was an Italian journalist, heated debater and animator of Roman literary and political life between the 19th and 20th centuries.
While still a student in Bologna, he began contributing to various newspapers. At the editorial office of La Voce del Popolo, he met Giosuè Carducci, with whom he established a long friendship. In 1877, he graduated with a degree in law.
In 1883, he moved to Rome, where, thanks to Carducci's introductions, he came into contact with the editorial staff of Capitan Fracassa and later with Angelo Sommaruga, who entrusted him with the position of editor of Domenica Letteraria, in whose pages he became the protagonist of a memorable controversy when he defended Gabriele D'Annunzio, whose verses (from "Intermezzo di rime") had been accused of obscenity. He then began collaborating with Capitan Fracassa under the pseudonym Il Saraceno.
While working at Capitan Fracassa, he met Matilde Serao, with whom he had a brief and troubled relationship, and Olga Ossani (a journalist who wrote under the pseudonym Febea), who became his wife in 1885.
Together they subsequently launched several publishing initiatives, such as "Don Chisciotte della Mancia" (together with Luigi Arnaldo Vassallo), Nuova Rassegna, and Don Chisciotte di Roma, which later merged with Il Fanfulla to create Il Giorno, a liberal daily newspaper with an innovative graphic design that featured colour printing for the first time.
In the final years of his journalistic career, he joined Giornale d'Italia, edited by AlbertoBergamini.
Lodi is also remembered for two books: "Venticinque anni di vita parlamentare, da Pelloux a Mussolini" (Twenty-five years of parliamentary life, from Pelloux to Mussolini), published in 1923, and "Giornalisti" (Journalists), published in 1930.