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A documentary film about Andrea Zanzotto in Treviso

Andrea Zanzotto

District: Veneto
Province: Treviso (TV)
Locations: Pieve di Soligo (TV)
Date: 2018-02-10

A documentary film about Andrea Zanzotto in Treviso

Andrea Zanzotto, Pieve di Soligo, a documentary film thanks to a project by the University of Padua.

A university project


It will indeed be the University of Padua to make a documentary film about Andrea Zanzotto.

The project is still in the funding phase and will be taken care of by Denis Brotto.

A researcher in the Department of Linguistic and Literary Studies, in the scientific sector "Cinema, photography and television".

The documentary will be based on archival materials from the university, dating back to fifteen to twenty years ago, which will be joined by the filming of the places of Zanzotto.

Andrea Zanzotto


Born and raised in Pieve di Soligo, Andrea Zanzotto was one of the most important poets of the Italian twentieth century.

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Disappeared on October 18, 2011, its production in verse covers more than half a century, since 1951, when "Dietro il paesaggio" was published, up to "Conglomerati", published in 2009.

He graduated in the University of Padua.

The documentary will be financed by the University of Padua and other institutions, including the City of Pieve di Soligo for five thousand euro.

The Zanzotto Foundation and the Zanzotto family will also contribute to the creation of the film.

It will be them that will allow, in addition to the use of unpublished materials, also the involvement of scholars and personalities close to the family.

The Archive of Venetian writers of the 20th century, which will insert the project into a significant network of studies dedicated to Venetian writers and poets.

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