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Libero Bovio
Born: 9th June 1883, Naples, Italy
Died: 26th May 1942, Naples, Italy
Nationality: Italian
Libero Bovio was a Neapolitan lyricist and dialect poet.
Bovio was one of those responsible for the rejuvenation of Neapolitan dialect in plays, poetry and song at the beginning of the twentieth century. He took odd jobs at newspapers and then went to work in the export office of the National Museum. He then became director of Canzonetta a small publishing concern dedicated to the music of Naples. A collection of his dialect comedies was published in 1923, and his collected poems appeared in 1928.
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