Erri De Luca
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Erri De Luca is an Italian novelist, translator and poet. He has been defined as "the writer of the decade" by the Corriere della Sera
literature critic Giorgio De Rienzo.
. After the organization's disbandment he worked as a blue collar at the Fiat
factory in Turin
and at the Catania
airport. He also was as a truck driver and a mason, working in job sites in Italy, France and Africa. He rode relief convoys in Yugoslavia
during the war
between 1993 and 1999.
He is self-taught
in several languages including Ancient Hebrew and Yiddish.
He appeared in a cameo role (of a mechanic) in the film "L'isola", by Costanza Quadriglio.
De Luca is a passionate mountain climber. A reclusive character, he currently lives in a remote cottage in the countryside of Rome.
Erri De Luca's first debut as screenwriter and leading actor in the short film DI LÀ DEL VETRO (Beyond the Glass), presented at The Venice Film Festival 2011.
Italy, World Premiere.
"A night-time conversation between a man and his mother and a trip down memory lane through the phantoms of life. Erri De Luca opens the door to his house, transporting us into the universe of the past."
into Italian like Exodus, Jonah
, Ecclesiastes
, Ruth
, and explored various aspects of Judaism
, as a non-believer.
In France, he received the France Culture Prize in 1994 for Aceto, arcobaleno, the Laure Bataillon Award in 2002 for Tre cavalli and, also in 2002, the Fémina Étranger
for Montedidio, translated in English as God's Mountain. In 2010 he was given the German international literary Petrarca-Preis
. He has been a member of the jury at the Cannes Festival in 2003.
Erri De Luca writes regularly for various newspapers (La Repubblica
, Il Manifesto
, Corriere della Sera, "Il Mattino",
Avvenire
), and magazines.
Corriere della Sera
The Corriere della Sera is an Italian daily newspaper, published in Milan.It is among the oldest and most reputable Italian newspapers. Its main rivals are Rome's La Repubblica and Turin's La Stampa.- History :...
literature critic Giorgio De Rienzo.
Biography
Upon completing high school in 1968 Erri De Luca joined the radical left-wing movement Lotta ContinuaLotta Continua
Lotta Continua was a far left extra-parliamentary organization in Italy. It was founded in autumn 1969 by a split in the student-worker movement of Turin, which had started militant activity at the universities and factories such as Fiat...
. After the organization's disbandment he worked as a blue collar at the Fiat
Fiat
FIAT, an acronym for Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino , is an Italian automobile manufacturer, engine manufacturer, financial, and industrial group based in Turin in the Italian region of Piedmont. Fiat was founded in 1899 by a group of investors including Giovanni Agnelli...
factory in Turin
Turin
Turin is a city and major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River and surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat...
and at the Catania
Catania
Catania is an Italian city on the east coast of Sicily facing the Ionian Sea, between Messina and Syracuse. It is the capital of the homonymous province, and with 298,957 inhabitants it is the second-largest city in Sicily and the tenth in Italy.Catania is known to have a seismic history and...
airport. He also was as a truck driver and a mason, working in job sites in Italy, France and Africa. He rode relief convoys in Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....
during the war
Yugoslav wars
The Yugoslav Wars were a series of wars, fought throughout the former Yugoslavia between 1991 and 1995. The wars were complex: characterized by bitter ethnic conflicts among the peoples of the former Yugoslavia, mostly between Serbs on the one side and Croats and Bosniaks on the other; but also...
between 1993 and 1999.
He is self-taught
Autodidacticism
Autodidacticism is self-education or self-directed learning. In a sense, autodidacticism is "learning on your own" or "by yourself", and an autodidact is a person who teaches him or herself something. The term has its roots in the Ancient Greek words αὐτός and διδακτικός...
in several languages including Ancient Hebrew and Yiddish.
He appeared in a cameo role (of a mechanic) in the film "L'isola", by Costanza Quadriglio.
De Luca is a passionate mountain climber. A reclusive character, he currently lives in a remote cottage in the countryside of Rome.
Erri De Luca's first debut as screenwriter and leading actor in the short film DI LÀ DEL VETRO (Beyond the Glass), presented at The Venice Film Festival 2011.
Italy, World Premiere.
"A night-time conversation between a man and his mother and a trip down memory lane through the phantoms of life. Erri De Luca opens the door to his house, transporting us into the universe of the past."
Literature
Although he never stopped writing since he was 20, his first book is published in 1989, Non ora, non qui (Not now, not here). Many more books followed, best sellers in Italy, France and Israel, his work being translated and published in Spain, Portugal, Germany, Sweden, Holland, USA, Brazil, Poland, Norway, Danmark, Romania, Greece, Lithuania, and more and more. He has himself translated several books of the BibleBible
The Bible refers to any one of the collections of the primary religious texts of Judaism and Christianity. There is no common version of the Bible, as the individual books , their contents and their order vary among denominations...
into Italian like Exodus, Jonah
Jonah
Jonah is the name given in the Hebrew Bible to a prophet of the northern kingdom of Israel in about the 8th century BC, the eponymous central character in the Book of Jonah, famous for being swallowed by a fish or a whale, depending on translation...
, Ecclesiastes
Ecclesiastes
The Book of Ecclesiastes, called , is a book of the Hebrew Bible. The English name derives from the Greek translation of the Hebrew title.The main speaker in the book, identified by the name or title Qoheleth , introduces himself as "son of David, king in Jerusalem." The work consists of personal...
, Ruth
Book of Ruth
The Book of Ruth is one of the books of the Hebrew Bible, Tanakh, or Old Testament. In the Jewish canon the Book of Ruth is included in the third division, or the Writings . In the Christian canon the Book of Ruth is placed between Judges and 1 Samuel...
, and explored various aspects of Judaism
Judaism
Judaism ) is the "religion, philosophy, and way of life" of the Jewish people...
, as a non-believer.
In France, he received the France Culture Prize in 1994 for Aceto, arcobaleno, the Laure Bataillon Award in 2002 for Tre cavalli and, also in 2002, the Fémina Étranger
Prix Femina
The Prix Femina is a French literary prize created in 1904 by 22 writers for the magazine La Vie heureuse . The prize is decided each year by an exclusively female jury, although the authors of the winning works do not have to be women...
for Montedidio, translated in English as God's Mountain. In 2010 he was given the German international literary Petrarca-Preis
Petrarca-Preis
Petrarca-Preis is a European literary award named after the Italian Renaissance poet Francesco Petrarca or Petrarch. It was founded in 1975 by German art historian and publisher Hubert Burda, and is primarily designed for contemporary European poets, but also epicists appear in the list of...
. He has been a member of the jury at the Cannes Festival in 2003.
Erri De Luca writes regularly for various newspapers (La Repubblica
La Repubblica
la Repubblica is an Italian daily general-interest newspaper. Founded in 1976 in Rome by the journalist Eugenio Scalfari, as of 2008 is the second largest circulation newspaper, behind the Corriere della Sera.-Foundation:...
, Il Manifesto
Il Manifesto
il manifesto is an Italian newspaper. While it calls itself communist, it is not connected to any political party. It was founded as a monthly review in 1969 by a collective of left-wing journalists engaged in the wave of critical thought and activity on the Italian left in that period. Prominent...
, Corriere della Sera, "Il Mattino",
Avvenire
Avvenire
Avvenire is an Italian daily newspaper affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church. It was founded in 1968 in Milan through the merger of two Catholic magazines: L'Avvenire d'Italia of Bologna and l'Italia of Milan.-History:...
), and magazines.
Quotes
- I consider bombardments the definition of an act of terrorism. So, to express myself against such acts, perpetrated by NATO and my own country, I crossed over to the other side. There I experienced the air-raid sirens that my mother told me about first-hand, when Naples was bombed by the Allied Forces during the Second World War.
- Invincible is not the one who always wins, but who, defeated and defeated, never stops standing up to fight again
Works
- Non ora, non qui, FeltrinelliFeltrinelliFeltrinelli may refer to:* Feltrinelli - Italian publishing house* Giangiacomo Feltrinelli - founder of the publishing house* Antonio Feltrinelli Prizes - awarded by the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei since 1950 in various fields of arts, sciences and "exceptional endeavours of outstanding moral...
, 1989 - Una nuvola come tappeto, Feltrinelli, 1991
- Aceto, Arco baleno, Feltrinelli, 1992
- I colpi dei sensi, Fahrenheit 451, Milano, 1993
- Prove di risposta, Edizioni Nuova Cultura, Roma, 1994
- In alto a sinistra, Feltrinelli, 1994
- Pianoterra, articoli, Qiqajon, Bose, Magnano, 1995
- "Il cronista scalzo e altri scritti", Legatoria del Sud
- Alzaia, Feltrinelli, 1997
- Ora prima, Qiqajon, Bose, Magnano, 1997
- Tu, mio, Feltrinelli, 1998
- "Tufo", Dante & Descartes, 1999
- Tre cavalli, Feltrinelli, 1999 (Three Horses, Other Press)
- "Un papavero rosso all'occhiello senza coglierne il fiore", Interattiva, 2000
- Montedidio, Feltrinelli, 2002 (God's Mountain, Other Press)
- Opera sull'acqua e altre poesie' (poetry)', EinaudiEinaudiEinaudi may refer to;*Giulio Einaudi , an Italian publisher**Giulio Einaudi editore, now an imprint of Arnoldo Mondadori Editore*Luigi Einaudi , an Italian politician*His son Mario Einaudi , an Italian political scientist...
, 2002 - "Lettere da una citta' bruciata", Dante & Descartes, 2002
- Nocciolo d'oliva, EMP, 2002
- Il contrario di uno, Feltrinelli, 2003
- "Immanifestazione", Dante & Descartes, 2003
- "Morso di luna nuova. Racconto per voci in tre stanze", Mondadori, 2004
- "Precipitazioni", Dante & Descartes, 2004
- "Chisciottimista", Dante & Descartes, 2005
- In nome della madre, Feltrinelli, 2006
- Sulla traccia di Nives, Mondadori, 2006
- "Napolide", Dante & Descartes, 2006
- "Sottosopra" (with Gennaro Matino), Mondadori, 2007
- "lettere fraterne" (with Izet Sarajilic), Dante & Descartes, 2007
- "L'isola e' una conchiglia", La Conchiglia, 2008
- "Almeno cinque" (with Gennaro Matino), Feltrinelli, 2008
- "L'ospite incallito" (poetry), Einaudi, 2008
- "Il cielo in una stalla", Infinito, 2008
- Tentativi di scoraggiamento (a darsi alla scrittura), Dante & Descartes, 2009 (Attempts at discouragement (when taking up writing))
- "Penultime notizie circa Ieshu/Gesu'", Messaggero, 2009
- Il giorno prima della felicità, Feltrinelli, 2009 ("The day before happiness", Other Press)
- Il peso della farfalla, Feltrinelli, 2009
- Tu non c'eri, Dante & Descartes, 2010
- "Rivolte inestirpabili", Forum Edizioni, 2010
- E disse, Feltrinelli, 2011
- Le sante sello scandalo, La Giuntina, 2011
Translations
- "Esodo/Nomi", Feltrinelli, 1994
- "Giona/Iona", Feltrinelli, 1995
- "kohelet/Ecclesiaste", Feltrinelli, 1996
- "Il libro di Ruth", Feltrinelli, 1999
- "Salmo secondo ovvero Elogio del massimo timore", in Micromega, 2000
- "Noah Ansheldell'altro mondo" (of Dovid Katz), translation from Yiddish, Dante & Descartes, 2002
- "Vita di Sansone dal libro Giudici/Shoftim, Feltrinelli, 2002
- "Vita di Noe'/Noa", Feltrinelli, 2004
- "L'ospite di pietra. L'invito a morte di Don Giovanni. Piccola tragedia in versi", Feltrinelli, 2005
- "Canto del popolo yiddish messo a morte (of Ytshak Katzenelson), Monadori, 2009
External links
- http://tv.repubblica.it/spettacoli-e-cultura/erri-de-luca-va-in-california-tra-i-vicoli-di-napoli-e-l-america/68911?video
- http://errideluca.free.fr/index-it.
- http://www.rai.it/dl/RaiTV/programmi/media/ContentItem-74a41666-90f2-4054-a578-a7ece87ebd25.html?p=0