A Tribute to Giovanni Verga: An Italian Verist (The Centennial Commemoration)

ABSTRACT

Giovanni Verga is one of the greatest Italian writers of the second half of the nineteenth century. He is best known for his depiction of life in Sicilian land, especially through his short stories, plays and novels. His literature gives insight to the poverty, customs, traditions, myth, superstitions and reality of the prosaic life in Sicilian land. He died in Catania in 1922 at the age of 82 due to cerebral thrombosis. The year 2022 is globally celebrated as death centenary of Giovanni Verga. By recalling his contribution to the development of Italian Literature, the present paper pays a sort of tribute to him