Amongst the lesser known authors that worked in Prato towards the end of the 19th century, we should mention Moisč Cecconi for certain aspects of his life, the complexity of his work is varied, if not abundant (from the short story to the novel, from the aphorism to the theatre). He was born on the 19th of February 1870, in Jolo (Prato); he had a long life (he died on the 25th of September 1963), but he had never been successful (either in or out of Prato), even though he took part in the most of the influential literary movements. He had been the collaborator for the weekly journal "Il Marzocco", directed by Orvieto. He had lost his first wife, and married again to a Canadian, who, judging from her name (a Li Cvre de St. Remy) must have been of French origin. When he was not staying in his "country" home in Jolo, he was frequenting literary circles within Florence (where he met D'Annunzio) or Paris. When he talked about himself he said that he was an agriculturist for a living and an artist for not dying, cultivating vineyards and paradoxes. He studied at the Cicognini College in Prato and was a very good pupil; for family reasons he was not able to finish his literary studies at the University of Florence. He knew, and loved, Greek, Latin, English and French. He also knew the poet Giovanni Pascoli and had correspondence with Emile Zola, with whom he talked about facts and events, besides art and literature. He wrote a play: "Sulla via di Damasco", that was never published. His main works are the novel "La fidanzata del vento" (Vallecchi, Firenze, 1934) and some short stories "Il primo bacio and other strange stories" (Treves, Milano, 1916), "The inscrutable princess and other novels" (Gonnelli, Firenze, 1911), "Short novels for convalescents" (Treves, Milano, 1916), "Praise of the perfect ignorance" (Vallecchi, Firenze, 1927). The "Taccuino perduto" (Treves, Milano, 1915) thoughts and reflections on the life of the time.