Lento Goffi (15 November 1923 – 14 January 2008) was an Italian poet, literary critic and journalist who carried out his work mainly in Lombardy, in the Brescia area.
[1] Born in 1923 into an anti-fascist family, he attended the Liceo Arnaldo [it] in Brescia and graduated in Modern Literature at the University of Milan, later teaching in some institutes in Brescia.
[3] Goffi was married to Elisa Marchina; they had a son, Giorgio.
[4] Goffi died in 2008[5] in an elderly care facility in Brescia.
Goffi was one of the most important and active fourth generation exponents of Lombard line,[6] developed in Lombardy area from the end of the 19th century and flourished during the first three quarters of the 20th century.