Raffaello Brignetti

Raffaello Brignetti (born Isola del Giglio, 21 September 1921 - died Rome, 7 February 1978) was an Italian writer.

He moved to Rome in the middle of the Second World War, and spent a couple of years in German labour camps.

He was a disciple of Ungaretti, in common with other young idealistic intellectuals of his era such as Leone Piccioni, Silori Luigi, Mario Petrucciani, Elio Filippo Accrocca, etc.

He embarked on a journalistic career in Rome, working in leading papers like Il Tempo, Il Giornale d'Italia and the Corriere della Sera.

Brignetti's work is noted for its familiarity with, and treatment of, the sea and maritime life.