Vamba

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Vamba was the pen name of Italian writer and journalist Luigi Bertelli (1858–1920), best known as the author of Il Giornalino di Gian Burrasca.

Pen name of Luigi Bertelli (1858–1920). Italian writer and journalist. Best known for the children's diary novel Il Giornalino di Gian Burrasca.

The available review praises Il Giornalino di Gian Burrasca as a vivid first-person childhood diary that challenges authoritarian pedagogy. The book is presented as mischievous, satirical and insightful about the child's inner life. DeBaser's coverage highlights its cultural importance in school anthologies.

For:Readers of classic Italian children's literature, teachers and students of pedagogy, and anyone interested in satirical juvenile fiction.

 This famous diary is narrated in the first person by Giovannino himself, the youngest member of a high-ranking Florentine family who receives from his mother a "diary" on his ninth birthday, a bound notebook in which to record his memoirs.

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