Alessandro Parronchi

[2] Parronchi was born to a middle-class Florentine family, with his father and grandfather being respected local figures.

In 1938 he graduated with a degree in art history, and begun working for Florentine magazines and newspapers.

In this cultural atmosphere he associated with such poets and artists as Umberto Bellintani, Marco Lusini, Bilenchi Romano, Giorgio Caproni, Charles Betocchi, Alfonso Gatto, Fallacara, Mario Luzi, Piero Bigongiari, and Ottone Rosai.

In 1941 he published his first book of poems, I giorni sensibili (Sensitive Dats), which he followed with I visi (Faces) in 1943 and Un'attesa in 1949.

[3] On January 6, 2007, he died at his home of the Via Luigi Settembrini 21 in Florence, where he lived with his wife and daughter Nara.