Lu sonnu di Monsignuri X: poimettu in lingua siciliana [The Sonnets of Monsignor X: Short Poem in Sicilian]. Brooklyn: Tip. Ital. del Rinascimento, 1912.

Lu sonnu di Monsignuri X: poimettu in lingua siciliana [The Sonnets of Monsignor X: Short Poem in Sicilian]. Brooklyn: Tip. Ital. del Rinascimento, 1912.

Dedicated to Riccardo Cordiferro. Pucciu (b. Italy, 1876; d. New York, 1927), or Puccio, was a sculptor and carver, with a studio in Brooklyn, as well as an accomplished dialect poet who began to publish verses in the literary and political magazine, La Follia di New York in 1906.

This work is dedicated to Riccardo Cordiferro, the long-time editor of La Follia. After several trips to Italy on a sculpting project, Pucciu was back in New York by 1922.

Pucciu was something of a tragic figure: treated in a hospital on Wards Island, he fell into a depression and attempted suicide by jumping into the East River. Rescued, he died two days later of pneumonia.

Callichiu Pucciu

Tip. Ital. del Rinascimento

1912

20 x 13cm; 37 p.

Italian