Little Diary of Getting Old: viii
by Carlo Betocchi / translated from the Italian by Geoffrey Brock • from Poetry
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Carlo Betocchi
Carlo Betocchi (1899-1986) led a double life, working for decades as a surveyor and engineer building bridges, roads, and canals, while helping to found the influential literary journal, Il Frontespizio.
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