The Province of Trieste is a province in the autonomous Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of Italy. The following is a list of notable Triestini (Triestines) and some outsiders who either wrote about the city or resided there.

Literature

Many famous authors were born and/or lived many years in Trieste. They include:

Italian-language authors

Slovene-language authors

German-language authors

Authors in other languages

  • Isabel Burton (1831–1896), English writer, explorer and adventurer.
  • Richard Francis Burton (1821–1890), British explorer, writer, orientalist scholar, and soldier.
  • James Joyce (1882–1941), Irish novelist, poet, and literary critic.
  • D. H. Lawrence (1885–1930), English novelist, short story writer, poet and essayist.
  • Charles Lever (1806–1872), Irish novelist and raconteur, whose novels, according to Anthony Trollope, were just like his conversation.
  • Jan Morris (1926–2020), Welsh historian, author and travel writer.
  • Stendhal (1783–1842), French author and essayist; served as Consul of France in Trieste.
  • Alexander Wheelock Thayer (1817–1897), American librarian and journalist.
  • Samuel David Luzzatto (1800–1865), Italian Jewish scholar, poet, and a member of the Wissenschaft des Judentums movement.

Architects, inventors, gallerists, designers, and visual artists

Actors, models, musicians, and performance artists

TV personalities

Entrepreneurs and business leaders

Fashion designers

Journalists and authors

Political figures

Religious figures

Scholars, scientists, and intellectuals

Sportspeople

Statesmen and aristocracy

References

  1. "Italo Svevo | Biography, Books and Facts". www.famousauthors.org. Retrieved 2016-05-24.
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