Berto Barbarani

Roberto Tiberio "Berto" Barbarani (born and died Verona, Italy; 3 December 1872 – 27 January 1945) was an Italian poet.

He was born in the historic center of Verona, near the New Bridge on the Adige river, from non-wealthy parents who ran a hardware store.

He abandoned it after the first exams, while continuing to collaborate on a student newspaper with his first poems (1892), which were then the basis of the first collection El rosario del cor (1895).

He joined fellow dialect poets Alfredo Testoni (Bolognese) and Carlo Alberto Salustri (known as Trilussa, Roman) to make strong friendships.

Together they took part in the Duse Theater of Bologna in a cycle of evenings promoted for charity in 1901 by the "Dante Alighieri" Society.