Luigi Bertelli was an Italian writer, journalist and poet, author of the adventures of a popular character of the early twentieth century: Gian Burrasca. He is best known under the pseudonym of Vamba, the name of Cedric the Saxon's fool in Walter Scott's novel Ivanhoe. He founded the Sunday newspaper in 1906. In the children's magazine appeared the signatures of the most famous writers of the time (Giovanni Pascoli, Gabriele d'Annunzio, Grazia Deledda, Edmondo De Amicis) and of the most refined illustrators (Umberto Brunelleschi and Filiberto Scarpelli). On those pages he published in 55 episodes, between 7 February 1907 and 17 May 1908, Gian Burrasca's newspaper.

Gianburrasca: Il diario segreto di Giannino Stoppani - Terza parte

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Gianburrasca: Il diario segreto di Giannino Stoppani

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Luigi Bertelli

Writer