1954 Lorenzo Ferri (1902/1975)
Trilussa was the pseudonym of Carlo Alberto Salustri (1871/1950) great Roman dialect poet
The monument was not liked very much and it was nicknamed "Lo sderenato de Trastevere" (Humpback of Trastevere). Guglielmo Guasta editor of the weekly satirical "Il Travaso" and friend of Trilussa published in 1958 a sonnet that ended like this:
All bent down/ just like a sheep / he should thank God you don't see yourself / crouching down by the big fountain / if you would see yourself, my Trilussa, you wouldn't have taken it / and even if he had made you with no feet / you would have kicked his ass anyway!
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