Donnini, Piero
Not much is currently known about
Piero Donnini (b. 1899). He taught literature at the Reale Liceo-Ginnasio “D. Cotugno” in
Aquila. He published essays and books on philosophy and classical literature,
including a monograph on Greek tragedy (Donnini 1925), as well as annotated
editions and translations of classical Greek authors, including Pindar, Plato,
Sophocles, and Epictetus. During the ventennio fascista, he translated
part of La Guerra d’Etiopia by Marshal Pietro Badoglio, Supreme Chief of
the Italian General Staff, into Latin (Donnini 1938).
Bibliography
Latin texts
Donnini, Piero. 1938. De
bello Aethiopico. Based
on Pietro Badoglio, La Guerra d’Etiopia (con prefazione del Duce) (Milan:
Mondadori, 1936). Naples: Supergrafica.
Other work
(selection)
Donnini, Piero. 1925. La tragedia greca. Aquila: Vecchioni.