Background

Ugo Betti was born on February 4, 1892 in Camerino, Italy. He was the son of Tullio Betti.

Education

He studied the classics and earned a law degree from the University at Parma in 1914.

Career

He served as a magistrate, then he appointed a judge in 1923, he was a judge in Rome in 1930-43; contributor to Oggi in 1933, he became a Ministry of Justice and librarian in 1944 at Coordinamento Spettacolo (legal organization for writers). He passed over a military service, he served in the Italian artillery during World War I in captured by the Germans at Caporetto in 1917 and held in prison camp in 1917-18.

Achievements

• His best-known play is probably Corruzione al Palazzo di Giustizia (Corruption in the Palace of Justice).
  
  He has got a lot of awards such of Premio IDI, Italian Institute of Drama in 1949 and recipient of various other awards.

Works

Works Gallery

• book

  • THREE PLAYS BY UGO BETTI: The Queen and the Rebels / The Burnt Flower-Bed / Summertime 1958
  • Crime on goat island
  • Teatro:: Marido y mujer ; Delito en la Isla de las Cabras ; Lucha hasta el alba ; Corrupcion en el Palacio de Justicia 1957
  • Two Plays : "Frana allo Scalo Nord" and "L'aniuola Bruciata" 1965

Religion

He has Christian religious beliefs.

Views

The majority of Betti’s plays are tragedies and reflect his lifelong interest in moral questions. Such themes as justice versus compassion, redemption through suffering, and hope beyond death figure prominently and often in his works.

Personality

• ““Certainly few writers in the twentieth century have come to grips with great moral issues more directly, force-fully, and imaginative than did Betti.””

Connections

father:

Tullio Betti

Brother:

Emilio Betti