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Luigi Ugolini | |
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 Luigi Ugolini | |
| Born | 25 June 1891 Florence, Italy |
| Died | 22 June 1980 (aged 88) Florence, Italy |
| Pen name | Giulio D'Albenga |
| Occupation | Writer, essayist, poet, painter |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Period | 1940–1980 |
| Genre | Novelized Biography Fiction Historical Fiction Fantasy/SF Young Adult |
| Notable awards | Premio Castello 1962. Premio Bancerello Sport 1983 |
| Spouse | Lina Vaselli |
| Children | Lydia Ugolini, Maria Luisa Ugolini + 5 |
| Relatives | Vanna Bonta (granddaughter) |
Luigi Ugolini (25 June 1891 – 22 June 1980) was an Italian writer. He is best known for his series of fictionalized biographies of Italian leaders in art and science, and for a volume of work that immortalizes traditions, values and ways of life of Tuscany and Florence. Ugolini left an early career as a lawyer to write, and his literary works, many of which are inducted as scholastic required reading in Italian schools, earned a worldwide reputation and several prestigious literary awards. He was also a painter, an expert ornithologist and gastronome.