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Sebastiano Satta (Nuoro, 21 May 1867 – Nuoro 29 November 1914) was an Italian poet, writer, lawyer and journalist.
He is considered the best-known Sardinian poet. Many streets in Italy are named after him, including the square where he used to live in Nuoro, where sculptures made by Costantino Nivola are currently located.
He graduated in law at the University of Sassari in 1894. After collaborating with the regional newspaper La Nuova Sardegna, he successfully worked in Nuoro as lawyer.
During his life in Nuoro, he had close relationships with the other intellectuals living in the town during this period, including Francesco Ciusa, Grazia Deledda, Antonio Ballero. Thanks to their notables works, Nuoro was starting to be referred as "Atene Sarda"(Sardinian Athens).