GRAF

graf, arturo (1848- ), italian poet, of german extraction, was born at athens. he was educated at naples university and became a lecturer on italian literature in rome, till in 1882 he was appointed professor at turin. he was one of the founders of the _giornale della letteratura italiana_, and his publications include valuable prose criticism; but he is best known as a poet. his various volumes of verse--_poesie e novelle_ (1874), _dopo il tramonto versi_ (1893), &c.--give him a high place among the recent lyrical writers of his country.