Renato Simoni
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Renato Simoni is a city in the Veneto, northern Italy, with approx. 265,000 inhabitants and one of the seven chef-lieus of the region. It is the second largest city municipality in the region and the third of North-Eastern Italy. The metropolitan area of Verona...
– July 5, 1952 in Milan
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) was an Italian
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journalist, playwright, writer and theatrical critic noted for his collaboration work with Giuseppe Adami
Giuseppe Adami
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for Giacomo Puccini
Giacomo Puccini
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's Turandot.
Simoni's career was entirely devoted to theater. His first job was as an editor and a critic at L'Adige, a local Veronese newspaper company in his hometown. In 1902, he wrote one of his best comedies, La Vedova, followed by Carlo Gozzi (1903), Tramondo (1906), Congedo (1910) and Il matrimonio di Casanova.
In 1914, he succeeded John Pozza as an author and critic at Corriere della Sera
Corriere della Sera
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newspaper. He worked for the company until the end of his life. He also held a position as a director for a weekly magazine, La Tradotta.
All his writings and critics were collected in volumes by Lucio Ridenti in 1951 under the title "Trent'anni di cronaca drammatica" and was published in 1960.
In 1952, Simoni donated 40,000 volumes of his writings and reviews to the Museum of La Scala
Museo Teatrale alla Scala
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and dedicated them to his mother, Livia. The museum library was named Biblioteca Livia Simoni, after his mother’s name.
Simoni died in Milan on July 5, 1952.