Elio Pagliarani
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Elio Pagliarani is an Italian poet and literary critic, who belonged to the avant-garde Gruppo 63 movemement. He was born in Viserba, near Rimini
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Pagliarani graduated in Politics Science at Padua, and in the 1940s the moved to Milan
where he worked as journalist and as teacher. In the 1960 he moved to Rome, where he still resides. In the 1950 he worked for L'Avanti! and, from 1968, as theatre critic for Paese Sera.
His most renowned work is the experimental poem "La ragazza Carla", published in 1960. Pagliarani's poems deals usually with realist themes, such as work, economy and lower classes.
In 1971 he founded the magazine Periodo Ipotetico, and later he also worked for Nuova Corrente. Starting from 1988 he is editor-in-chief of the poetry magazine VIDEOR. La ballata di Rudi won the Viareggio Prize
for poetry in 1995.
Rimini
Rimini is a medium-sized city of 142,579 inhabitants in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy, and capital city of the Province of Rimini. It is located on the Adriatic Sea, on the coast between the rivers Marecchia and Ausa...
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Pagliarani graduated in Politics Science at Padua, and in the 1940s the moved to Milan
Milan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
where he worked as journalist and as teacher. In the 1960 he moved to Rome, where he still resides. In the 1950 he worked for L'Avanti! and, from 1968, as theatre critic for Paese Sera.
His most renowned work is the experimental poem "La ragazza Carla", published in 1960. Pagliarani's poems deals usually with realist themes, such as work, economy and lower classes.
In 1971 he founded the magazine Periodo Ipotetico, and later he also worked for Nuova Corrente. Starting from 1988 he is editor-in-chief of the poetry magazine VIDEOR. La ballata di Rudi won the Viareggio Prize
Viareggio Prize
The Viareggio Literary Prize is a prestigious Italian literary award, whose first edition was in 1930, and is named after the Tuscan city of Viareggio...
for poetry in 1995.
Works
- Cronache e altre poesie (1954)
- Inventario privato (1959)
- "La ragazza Carla" (1962)
- Lezione di fisica (1964)
- Pelle d'asino (1964, theatre)
- Lezione di fisica e fecaloro (1968)
- Doppio trittico di Nandi (1977)
- Epigrammi ferraresi (1988)
- La ballata di Rudi (1995)