# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/fausto-cercignani
# Generated: 2026-08-31T14:40:00.569Z

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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Fausto Cercignani was born March 21, 1941, in Italy. He built a career that straddles scholarship and creative writing, working as both essayist and poet alongside his academic work. His output reflects a particular devotion to the mechanics of language—philological rigor paired with literary expression. The result is a body of work that sits at the intersection of analysis and art, recognized more in specialized quarters than in popular view.