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List of people from Trieste

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Italo Svevo

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

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

Italian-language authors

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Vladimir Bartol

Slovene-language authors

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German-language authors

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Authors in other languages

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  • 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

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Actors, models, musicians, and performance artists

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TV personalities

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Entrepreneurs and business leaders

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Fashion designers

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Journalists and authors

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Political figures

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Religious figures

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Scholars, scientists, and intellectuals

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Sportspeople

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Statesmen and aristocracy

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References

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