What is Franco Loi?
[[File:Poet Franco Loi.jpg|thumb|Franco Loi]] '''Franco Loi''' (21 January 1930 &ndash; 4 January 2021) was an Italian poet, writer, and essayist. He was born in [[Genoa]], [[Italy]]. In 2001, Loi wrote a book of short stories ''The width of the sky'' and published several essays. Loi was the winner of the [[Bonfiglio Prize]] for the ''[[Stròlegh]]'' collection. Loi died on 4 January 2021 in [[Milan]] at the age of 90.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.repubblica.it/cultura/2021/01/04/news/addio_franco_loi_la_poesia_contro_il_disincanto-281130097/|title=E' morto Franco Loi, la poesia contro il disincanto|date=January 4, 2021|website=la Repubblica}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fortuneita.com/2021/01/04/loi-con-la-sua-poesia-il-dialetto-milanese-diventa-lingua-universale-adnkronos/|title=Loi: con la sua poesia il dialetto milanese diventa lingua universale/ Adnkronos|date=January 4, 2021}}{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Loi, Franco}} [[Category:1930 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:Italian poets]] [[Category:Italian essayists]] [[Category:Writers from Genoa]] [[Category:20th-century Italian writers]] {{bio-stub}}