愛德蒙多·德·亞米契斯[Edemondo De Amicis],生于意大利利古里亞大區(qū)因佩里亞省收奧內(nèi)利亞的一個(gè)海濱城市,從小喜愛軍旅生活,16歲進(jìn)人莫德納軍事學(xué)院學(xué)習(xí),1865年畢業(yè)后成為軍官,1866年積極參加了意大利第三次獨(dú)立戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)。1868年發(fā)表處女作《軍營(yíng)生活》,并因此而成名。1870年羅馬解放后,他放棄軍事生涯,定居都靈,成為意大利主要報(bào)紙的記者,并從此開始從事專業(yè)文學(xué)創(chuàng)作。亞米契斯早期曾周游世界,寫下不少游記,如《西班牙》、《荷蘭》、《倫敦記事》、《摩洛哥》、《君土坦丁堡》、《美國(guó)游記》、《西西里的回憶》等。1879-1889年這10年是亞米契斯創(chuàng)作的繁榮時(shí)期,他寫了許多有關(guān)社會(huì)題材的作品,有《散文集》、《朋友們》、《愛的教育》、《大西洋上》等。他關(guān)注社會(huì)問題,繼而投身政治,參加社會(huì)主義運(yùn)動(dòng),1891年加入社會(huì)黨,此后,他先后出版了《一個(gè)教師的小說》、《工人的教師》和《公共電車》等作品。
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