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Name of Object:

Marius Scalesi

Location:

Tunis, Tunisia

Holding Institution:

Institut Culturel Italien (Italian Emabassy in Tunisia)

 About Higher Institute for the Study of Contemporary History of Tunisia, University of Manouba, Tunis

Date of Object:

19th century

Material(s) / Technique(s):

Paper

Description:

Pictured here is Marius (Mario) Scalesi, a young poet of Italian origin, born on 6 February 1892 in Tunis to an Italian father and a Maltese mother. He suffered from tuberculosis from birth, and became paralysed following a fall down the stairs in his home in La Goulette, the so-called "Little Sicily" of Tunis. Forced to abandon his studies in order to make a living, he completed his education independently. His articles of literary criticism and poems were published in the journal La Tunisie Illustrée. His collection of poems, Les Poèmes d'un Maudit sheds light on the hardships of his life. He died in 1922 in an asylum in Palermo. A fascinating figure due to his triple cultural identity - Italian, French and Tunisian - he is considered one of the pioneers of North African poetry in French.

Citation of this web page:

Saloua Khadhar Zangar "Marius Scalesi" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2024. https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;tn;100;en

Prepared by: Saloua Khadhar Zangar
Translation by: Flaminia Baldwin

MWNF Working Number: TN 106

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