Eugenio Corti
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Eugenio Corti is an Italian
writer
. After participating in the Italian retreat from Russia in World War II, he joined the Italian Freedom Fighters. Based on these experiences, he wrote Few Returned and The Last Soldiers of the King.
His seminal work however is The Red Horse
, a 1,000 page novel again based on his experiences and those of his fellow Italians during and after the Second World War.http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-70379213.html It was voted the best book of the 1980s in a public survey in Italy and has been translated into six languages, including Japanese http://www.traces-cl.com/2006E/01/eugeniocorti.html. It has had twenty-five editions since it was first published in May 1983.
revealed that Eugenio Corti is the most popular Christian writer in Italy.
Corti received the international award of the Golden Medal for Merit of the Catholic Culture in 2000.
In May 2005 the "Eugenio Corti" international cultural Association was officially formed. The association was born from the initiative of some readers, mostly young college students and professionals, and it is aimed at publicizing the writer and his works to the world of culture and to the larger public, as well as, more in general, making culture with Corti's figure as an inspiration. One of the main activities of the association is the promotion of lectures and meetings.
On 7 December 2007, the Comune (Council) of Milan awarded Corti the Ambrogino d'Oro.
Between June and July 2008 the weekly Famiglia Cristiana sold The Red Horse in attachment to the magazine, split into three books.
In November 2009, following an official poll which appeared on the French weekly Le Figaro magazine, The Red Horse was pointed out by critoc Etienne de Montety as the most important novel appeared in France in the last 25 years.
On 18 December 2009, the Province of Milano awarded Corti the prestigious Prize Isimbardi, for citizens and associations promoting worthy initiatives in favour of the Milan community.
On 9 February 2010, the Lombard regional council gave him the "Lombardy for Work" prize, an acknowledgement for the inspiration, industry and creativity of citizens who may have contributed significantly to the economical and social development of Lombardy in the field of work, and enterprise. Specifically, Corti received the award for cultural merits.
On 6 March 2010, during the meeting called "Eugenio Corti, Brianza and the world: the rediscovery of the Brianza model for the global society in the Third Millennium" which took place in Monza, the committee for Eugenio Corti's Nobel Prize candidacy was officially introduced.
On 22 April 2010, in Monza, Eugenio Corti received one of the special prizes of the "BtoB Awards - Dale Carnegie Training", an event arranged by the Best to Brianza magazine and sponsored by the Italian branch of Dale Carnegie Italia with support from the council of the Province of Monza and Brianza.
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. After participating in the Italian retreat from Russia in World War II, he joined the Italian Freedom Fighters. Based on these experiences, he wrote Few Returned and The Last Soldiers of the King.
His seminal work however is The Red Horse
The Red Horse
The Red Horse is an epic novel written by Eugenio Corti that follows an industrial family, the Rivas, in Nomana starting from the end of May 1940 through World War II and the new democratic Italy.The book is divided in three parts:* The Red Horse,...
, a 1,000 page novel again based on his experiences and those of his fellow Italians during and after the Second World War.http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-70379213.html It was voted the best book of the 1980s in a public survey in Italy and has been translated into six languages, including Japanese http://www.traces-cl.com/2006E/01/eugeniocorti.html. It has had twenty-five editions since it was first published in May 1983.
Awards and other initiatives
In summer 1994 a poll promoted by the newspaper AvvenireAvvenire
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:...
revealed that Eugenio Corti is the most popular Christian writer in Italy.
Corti received the international award of the Golden Medal for Merit of the Catholic Culture in 2000.
In May 2005 the "Eugenio Corti" international cultural Association was officially formed. The association was born from the initiative of some readers, mostly young college students and professionals, and it is aimed at publicizing the writer and his works to the world of culture and to the larger public, as well as, more in general, making culture with Corti's figure as an inspiration. One of the main activities of the association is the promotion of lectures and meetings.
On 7 December 2007, the Comune (Council) of Milan awarded Corti the Ambrogino d'Oro.
Between June and July 2008 the weekly Famiglia Cristiana sold The Red Horse in attachment to the magazine, split into three books.
In November 2009, following an official poll which appeared on the French weekly Le Figaro magazine, The Red Horse was pointed out by critoc Etienne de Montety as the most important novel appeared in France in the last 25 years.
On 18 December 2009, the Province of Milano awarded Corti the prestigious Prize Isimbardi, for citizens and associations promoting worthy initiatives in favour of the Milan community.
On 9 February 2010, the Lombard regional council gave him the "Lombardy for Work" prize, an acknowledgement for the inspiration, industry and creativity of citizens who may have contributed significantly to the economical and social development of Lombardy in the field of work, and enterprise. Specifically, Corti received the award for cultural merits.
On 6 March 2010, during the meeting called "Eugenio Corti, Brianza and the world: the rediscovery of the Brianza model for the global society in the Third Millennium" which took place in Monza, the committee for Eugenio Corti's Nobel Prize candidacy was officially introduced.
On 22 April 2010, in Monza, Eugenio Corti received one of the special prizes of the "BtoB Awards - Dale Carnegie Training", an event arranged by the Best to Brianza magazine and sponsored by the Italian branch of Dale Carnegie Italia with support from the council of the Province of Monza and Brianza.
Nobel Prize candidacy
In March 2010, ACIEC (Associazione Culturale Internazionale Eugenio Corti), founded in his honor, started a petition through its website. The aim of the petition is to compel the Swedish Academy to candidate Corti for the Nobel Prize for literature. As of September 2010, the petition has been signed by several thousand supporters.Novels
- I più non ritornano (Few Returned) (1947)
- Il cavallo rosso (The Red HorseThe Red HorseThe Red Horse is an epic novel written by Eugenio Corti that follows an industrial family, the Rivas, in Nomana starting from the end of May 1940 through World War II and the new democratic Italy.The book is divided in three parts:* The Red Horse,...
) (1983) - Gli ultimi soldati del Re (Last soldiers of the King) (1994)
- Il Medioevo e altri racconti (2008)
Essays
- Il fumo nel tempio (1995)
- Breve storia della Democrazia Cristiana, con particolare riguardo ai suoi errori (1995)
- Le responsabilità della cultura occidentale nelle grandi stragi del nostro secolo (1998)
- Processo e morte di Stalin (con altri testi sul comunismo) (1999)
Pictorial narrations
- La terra dell'indio (1998)
- L'isola del paradiso (2000)
- Catone l'antico (2005)
External links
- Eugenio Corti's home page (in Italian)
- Site of Associazione Culturale Internazionale Eugenio Corti (In Italian).