Lina Galli

Lina Galli (10 February 1899 – 23 June 1993) was an Italian writer. Her work was part of the literature event in the art competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Born in Poreč, then part of the Austria-Hungary, after the annexation of Istria to Italy she lived in her hometown until 1931; having obtained her master's degree in Koper, she moved to Trieste where she taught elementary school.

In 1936 he participated in the art competitions of the Summer Olympics.In Trieste he frequented the Circolo della Cultura e delle Arti as well as the city's cultural cafes, and in time he forged friendships with Marcello Fraulini, Virgilio Giotti, Umberto Saba, Italo Svevo, Pier Antonio Quarantotti Gambini, Marcello Mascherini, Dyalma Stultus and Pedra Zandegiacomo, to name the most important.

In 1950 he was responsible for writing a biography of Italo Svevo together with his widow Livia Veneziani, which was later translated into German and English.

Shortly before his death he received the Tagliacozzo Prize. He wrote for Difesa Adriatica, Pagine Istriane, La Voce Giuliana, La Porta Orientale and Il Piccolo.

He adopted a hermetic style in his intimist poetics and dealt with themes such as the anguish of living, World War II, and the Istrian–Dalmatian exodus.^[2]