Editing Lombard language (section)

=== In the contemporary era ===
In the first part of the 20th century, the greatest exponent of Lombard literature was the Milanese lawyer [[Delio Tessa]], who distanced himself from the Portian tradition by giving his texts a strong expressionist tone.<ref>Novelli, Mauro: ''I saggi lirici di Delio Tessa'', LED, 2001, pagg. 52-54.</ref> In Bergamo, the most prominent advocate of Lombard language was [[Bortolo Belotti]], a lawyer, historian and minister in the liberal governments of the time.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=21 September 2017 |archive-date=22 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922050758/http://servizi.ct2.it/ssl/wiki/index.php?title=Bortolo_Belotti |publisher=servizi.ct2.it |title=Bortolo Belotti |url=http://servizi.ct2.it/ssl/wiki/index.php?title=Bortolo_Belotti}}<!-- auto-translated from Italian by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>

The Lombard language became known outside its linguistic borders thanks to I Legnanesi, a theatre company that performed comedies in the [[Legnanese]] dialect and which is the most famous example of [[Travesti (theatre)|travesti theatre]] in Italy.<ref name="ilgiorno">{{cite web|access-date=11 April 2014 |publisher=ilgiorno.it |title=Antonio Provasio, capocomico dei Legnanesi: "Milano mi dà il pane e mi riempie il cuore" |date=22 March 2014 |url=http://www.ilgiorno.it/milano/cronaca/2014/03/23/1042734-antonio-provasio-legnanesi-intervista.shtml#1}}<!-- auto-translated from Italian by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> In their comic shows the actors propose to the public satirical figures of the typical Lombard court; founded in [[Legnano]] in 1949 by Felice Musazzi, Tony Barlocco and Luigi Cavalleri, it is among the most famous companies in the European dialect theatre scene.<ref name="ilgiorno" />

The 21st century has also seen the use of Lombard in contemporary music, such as in the musical pieces of Davide Van De Sfroos<ref name="antologia">{{cite web|access-date=21 September 2017 |archive-date=30 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160630102556/https://sites.google.com/site/lombardofonia/home |title=Antologia lombarda |url=https://sites.google.com/site/lombardofonia/home}}<!-- auto-translated from Italian by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> and in the translations into Lombard of the works of Bob Dylan.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=21 September 2017 |publisher=repubblica.it |title=Il tempismo è perfetto, Bob Dylan è in dialetto lombardo: "È l'emblema dei cantastorie" |date=17 October 2016 |url=http://www.repubblica.it/spettacoli/musica/2016/10/17/news/bob_dylan-149853920/}}<!-- auto-translated from Italian by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> There is no shortage of translations of great literary classics; in fact, there are numerous versions in Lombard of works such as Pinocchio, The Betrothed, The Little Prince, the Divine Comedy and – in religious literature – of the Gospels.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=21 September 2017 |publisher=patrimonilinguistici.it |title=Letteratura in lingua locale: quale futuro? |date=2 February 2017 |url=http://patrimonilinguistici.it/letteratura-lingua-locale-quale-futuro/}}<!-- auto-translated from Italian by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>