Giorgio Manganelli
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Giorgio Manganelli was an Italian journalist, avant-garde
writer and literary critic. A native of Milan
, he was one of the leaders of the avant-garde literary movement in Italy in the 1960s. He was a baroque and expressionist writer. Manganelli translated Edgar Allan Poe
's complete stories and authors like T. S. Eliot
, Henry James
, Eric Ambler
, O. Henry
, Robert Louis Stevenson
, Byron's Manfred and others into Italian. He published an experimental essay, Hilarotragoedia, in 1964, doing so as part of the avant-garde Gruppo 63 (Group 63). He died in Rome in 1990.
Avant-garde
Avant-garde means "advance guard" or "vanguard". The adjective form is used in English to refer to people or works that are experimental or innovative, particularly with respect to art, culture, and politics....
writer and literary critic. A native of 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 ,...
, he was one of the leaders of the avant-garde literary movement in Italy in the 1960s. He was a baroque and expressionist writer. Manganelli translated Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe was an American author, poet, editor and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective...
's complete stories and authors like T. S. Eliot
T. S. Eliot
Thomas Stearns "T. S." Eliot OM was a playwright, literary critic, and arguably the most important English-language poet of the 20th century. Although he was born an American he moved to the United Kingdom in 1914 and was naturalised as a British subject in 1927 at age 39.The poem that made his...
, Henry James
Henry James
Henry James, OM was an American-born writer, regarded as one of the key figures of 19th-century literary realism. He was the son of Henry James, Sr., a clergyman, and the brother of philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James....
, Eric Ambler
Eric Ambler
Eric Clifford Ambler OBE was an influential British author of spy novels who introduced a new realism to the genre. Ambler also used the pseudonym Eliot Reed for books co-written with Charles Rodda.-Life:...
, O. Henry
O. Henry
O. Henry was the pen name of the American writer William Sydney Porter . O. Henry's short stories are well known for their wit, wordplay, warm characterization and clever twist endings.-Early life:...
, Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer. His best-known books include Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde....
, Byron's Manfred and others into Italian. He published an experimental essay, Hilarotragoedia, in 1964, doing so as part of the avant-garde Gruppo 63 (Group 63). He died in Rome in 1990.
Works
- Hilarotragedia (1964, n.ed. 1987)
- La letteratura come menzogna (1967, n.ed. 1985)
- Nuovo commento (1969, n.ed. 1993)
- Agli dèi ulteriori (1972, n.ed. 1989)
- Lunario dell'orfano sannita (1973, n.ed. 1989)
- Cina e altri orienti (1974)
- In un luogo imprecisato (1974)
- A e B (1975)
- Sconclusione (1976)
- Pinocchio: un libro parallelo (1977, n.ed. 2003)
- Cassio governa a Cipro (1977)
- Centuria: cento piccoli romanzi fiume (1979, n.ed. 1995)
- Amore (1981)
- Angosce di stile (1981)
- Discorso dell'ombra e dello stemma (1982)
- Dall'inferno (1985, n.ed. 1998)
- Tutti gli errori (1986)
- Laboriose inezie (1986)
- Rumori o voci (1987)
- Salons (1987, n.ed. 2000)
- Improvvisi per macchina da scrivere (1989)
- Antologia privata (1989)
- Encomio del tiranno (1990)
- La palude definitiva (1991)
- Il presepio (1992)
- Esperimento con l'India (1992)
- Il rumore sottile della prosa (1994)
- La notte (1996)
- Le interviste impossibili (1997, but 1975)
- De America (1998, ed. L.Scarlini)
- Contributo critico allo studio delle dottrine politiche del '600 italiano (1999, ed. P.Napoli)
- Il vescovo e il ciarlatano (2001, ed. E.Trevi)
- La penombra mentale. Interviste e conversazioni 1965-1990 (2001, ed. R.Deidier)
- L'infinita trama di Allah. Viaggi nell'Islam 1973-1987 (2002, ed. G.Pulce)
- L'impero romanzesco (2003, ed. V.Papetti)
- UFO e altri oggetti non identificati (2003, ed. R.Manica)
- Il romanzo inglese del Settecento (2004, ed. V.Papetti)
- La favola pitagorica. Luoghi italiani (2005, ed. A.Cortellessa)
- Tragedie da leggere. Tutto il teatro (2005, ed. L.Scarlini)
- L'isola pianeta e altri settentrioni (2006, ed. A.Cortellessa)
- Poesie (2006, ed. D.Piccini)
- Un'allucinazione fiamminga (2006, ed. G.Pulce)
- Mammifero italiano (2007, ed. M.Belpoliti)
- Vita di Samuel Johnson (2008)
- Circolazione a più cuori. Lettere familiari (2008)
- Ti ucciderò, mia capitale (2011, ed. S.S.Nigro)