Editing Anton Giulio Barrili

{{Short description|Patriot and writer from Italy (1836–1908)}}
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[[File:AntonGiulioBarrili-Gianicolo004.jpg|right|thumb|Bust of Barrili in Rome.]]
'''Anton Giulio Barrili''' (14 December 1836 in [[Savona]] &ndash; 14 August 1908 in [[Carcare]]) was an Italian [[novelist]]. He was educated for the legal profession, which he abandoned in [[Genoa]] for [[journalism]]. He was a volunteer in the [[Second Italian War of Independence|campaign of 1859]] and [[Redshirts (Italy)|served with Garibaldi]] in 1866 ([[Austro-Prussian War]], [[Third Italian War of Independence]]) and 1867. From 1865 onwards he published a large number of books of fiction, which had wide popularity, his work being commonly compared with that of [[Victor Cherbuliez]].

Some of the best of the later ones are {{lang|it|Santa Cecilia}} (1866), {{lang|it|Come un sogno}} (1875), and {{lang|it|L'olmo e l'edera}} (1877). His {{lang|it|Raggio di Dio}} appeared in 1899. Barrili also wrote two plays and various volumes of criticism, including {{lang|it|Il rinnovamento letterario italiano}} (1890). He was elected to the [[Chamber of Deputies (Italy)|Italian chamber of deputies]] in 1876; and in 1889 became professor of [[Italian literature]] at the [[University of Genoa]].

==References==
* {{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Barrili, Antonio Giulio}}

==External links==
* {{Gutenberg author |id=4056| name=Anton Giulio Barrili}}
* {{Internet Archive author |sname=Anton Giulio Barrili}}
* {{Librivox author |id=96}}

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[[Category:Italian politicians]]
[[Category:Academic staff of the University of Genoa]]
[[Category:19th-century Italian novelists]]
[[Category:19th-century Italian male writers]]
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