Carlo Alberto Pisani Dossi (born March 27, 1849 in Zenevredo; died November 19, 1910, Cardina, Como) was an Italian writer, politician and diplomat. He belonged to the Scapigliati.[1]

Carlo Dossi
Born	Carlo Alberto Pisani Dossi (1849-03-27)March 27, 1849 Zenevredo
Died	November 10, 1910(1910-11-10) (aged 61) Cardina
Occupation	novelist, essayist
Language	Italian
Literary movement	Scapigliatura
Notable works	L'altrieri. Vita di Alberto Pisanti La desinenza in A Note azzurre
Spouse	Carlotta Borsani

In 1892 he became a diplomat in Colombia, where he married Carlotta Borsani, with whom he had three children. He came to Athens in 1895, there developing an appreciation for archeology.

He was an atheist.[2] Dossi was a politician.

Quotes

• Before I've read them, I never write my name into the books I buy, because only after that I can call them mine.
• In many endeavors to gain glory, not the goal is important, but the struggle.
• Madmen open the paths which are later traversed by the wise.
• Why do people avoid being alone? Because only few are in good company when left with themselves.
• Some open roads today so that others may pass tomorrow.
• Where the eyes willingly fall, so does the heart, and eventually the feet.

Works

• L'altrieri. Nero su bianco (1868)
• Vita di Alberto Pisani (1870)
• Elvira, elegia (1872)
• Il regno dei cieli (1873)
• Ona famiglia de cialapponi (1873)
• Ritratti umani, dal calamajo di un mèdico (1873)
• La colonia felice (1874)
• La desinenza in A (1878)
• Gocce d'inchiostro (1880)
• Ritratti umani. Campionario (1885)
• Amori (1887)
• Fricassea critica d'arte, letteratura e storia (1906)
• Rovaniana (1944)
• Note azzurre (1912-1964)

External links

• Liber Liber Biblioteca (in Italian)

• Opening Lines of "Vita di Alberto Pisani" in English

References