Alberto Arbasino
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Alberto Arbasino
(1930–). Essayist and novelist, who first became generally known as a member of the Gruppo 63 . He has campaigned constantly for the de-provincialization of Italian literature and culture. His own writing is hyper-sophisticated in its parodic, knowing style, swift changes of direction, and a dense texture of historical and literary allusiveness. His novels—Le piccole vacanze (1957), Fratelli d'Italia (1963), Super-Eliogabalo (1969), Specchio delle mie brame (1975)—belong mostly to the earlier phases of his career, though an expanded and revised version of Fratelli d'Italia was a best-seller in 1993. His horror at the state of Italy becomes a demand for the active intervention of intellectuals in public affairs, as is probably most evident in the mini-essays of Un paese senza (1980), which present a kaleidoscope of the deficiencies and misdemeanours of Italian society. He has also published poetry and travel journalism. He was a member of parliament for the Republican Party from 1983to1987.
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Alberto Arbasino
Alberto Arbasino (born on 22 January 1930 ) is an Italian writer and essayist.
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Biography
Arbasino was born in Voghera, southwestern Lombardy. He studied at the University of Milan where he graduated in law. Later he worked as journalist for magazines such as Il Mondo and the newspaper La Repubblica. From 1983 to 1987, he was deputy to the Italian Parliament for the Italian Republican Party.
His work include novels and essays. Arbasino has been a member of the Gruppo 63.
He describes himself as an expressionist writer and considers his novel Super Eliogabalo ("Super Elagabalus", 1969) as his most surreal and most expressionist book.[1] He now edits and rewrites his various works, which are reprinted in updated versions.[2]
In the '70s he was the host of the tv debate show Match. In December 1977 it hosted a famous debate between directors Mario Monicelli and (the emerging) Nanni Moretti. Moretti famously said that Monicelli's An Average Little Man was a reactionary film.[3][4]
In 2004 he won the Premio Chiara for his career.
Works
- Le piccole vacanze, Einaudi, 1957 (first edition)
- Le piccole vacanze, Einaudi, 1971, (ISBN 88-06-31658-3) (second edition)
- Le piccole vacanze, Adelphi, 2007, (ISBN 978-88-459-2182-7) (third edition)
- L'Anonimo lombardo, 1959, Einaudi (ISBN 88-06-37002-2)
- Fratelli d'Italia, 1963, 1967, 1976, Einaudi (ISBN 88-06-25106-6)
- Certi romanzi, 1964
- Super Eliogabalo, 1969, 1978, Einaudi (ISBN 88-06-10603-1)
- Certi romanzi - La Belle Epoque per le scuole, 1977, Einaudi (ISBN 88-06-09563-3)
- La narcisata, 1975, Einaudi (ISBN 88-06-42234-0)
- Il principe costante, 2 ed., 1972, Einaudi (ISBN 88-06-34892-2)
- La bella di Lodi, 1972, Einaudi (ISBN 88-06-33183-3)
- In questo Stato, 1978, Garzanti Libri (ISBN 88-11-73946-2)
- Un paese senza, 1980, Garzanti Libri
- Trans - Pacific Express, 1981, Garzanti Libri (ISBN 88-11-59908-3)
- Matine, 1983, Garzanti Libri (ISBN 88-11-59907-5)
- Il meraviglioso, anzi, 1985, Garzanti Libri (ISBN 88-11-59921-0)
- La caduta dei tiranni, 1990, Sellerio di Giorgianni (ISBN 88-389-0642-4)
- Un paese senza, 2 ed., 1990, Garzanti Libri (ISBN 88-11-67405-0)
- Fratelli d'Italia, réédition de 1993, Adelphi (ISBN 88-459-1000-8)
- Mekong, 1994, Adelphi (ISBN 88-459-1081-4)
- Specchio delle mie brame, 1995, Adelphi (ISBN 88-459-1127-6)
- Parigi o cara, 2 ed., 1996, Adelphi (ISBN 88-459-1177-2)
- Lettere da Londra, 1997, Adelphi (ISBN 88-459-1278-7)
- Passeggiando tra i draghi addormentati, 1997, Adelphi
- Paesaggi italiani con zombi, 1998, Adelphi (ISBN 88-459-1404-6)
- Le muse a Los Angeles, 2000, Adelphi
- Rap!, 2001, Feltrinelli
- Dall'Ellade a Bisanzio, 2006, Adelphi
- La Vita bassa,2009, Adelphi
References
- ^ (Italian) "Alberto Arbasino, Conversazione Con Gabriele Pedullà" marcosymarcos.com Retrieved June 19, 2009
- ^ (Italian) "Alberto Arbasino, L’anonimo lombardo" italialibri.net Retrieved June 19, 2009
- ^ Match Monicelli-Moretti
- ^ Moretti contro Monicelli. su Raitre " vecchia " polemica, in Corriere della Sera, June 6, 1994, p.28
Further reading
- Fusillo, Massimo Il Satyricon nel Novecento: fra neopicaresco e camp
- Arbasino (1963) La gita a Chiasso, in Il Giorno, 23 gennaio 1963. Later republished in Gruppo 63 (1976) Crìtica e teoria
- This article incorporates information from the revision as of 2009-06-19 of the equivalent article on the French Wikipedia.
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