Eugenio Barisoni

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameEugenio•Barisoni
Used nameEugenio•Barisoni
Born8 July 1886 in Novara, Novara (ITA)
Died31 March 1951 in Sanremo, Imperia (ITA)
NOC Italy

Biography

Italian writer Eugenio Barisoni was an avid fisherman, hunter and nature lover, whose novels frequently featured these issues. He became a writer at 46 with a successful book Hunter is Born. Having become a successful author and writer of prestigious magazine articles, Barisoni obtained the St. Vincent Prize a few years before his death in San Remo in 1951. In Italy he was called the “Hemingway of Ticino”. Cacciatore si Nasce contains a series of hunting stories and first appeared in Milano in 1932. It has been reissued ever since.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1936 Summer Olympics Art Competitions ITA Eugenio Barisoni
Literature, Epic Works, Open (Olympic) AC