Giuseppe Pontiggia
Illustration — Giuseppe Pontiggia in 1994 Giuseppe Pontiggia (dʒuˈzɛppe ponˈtiddʒa; 25 September 1934 – 27 June 2003) was an Italian writer and literary critic.
Giuseppe Pontiggia
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- Born
- 1934 · Como.
- Died
- 2003 · Milan.
- Nationality
- Italy · Kingdom of Italy
- Occupation
- writer · aphorist · literary critic · screenwriter
- Education
- Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
- Honours
- Strega Prize · Premio Chiara · Premio Brancati · Premio Campiello · Sigillo Longobardo · Premio Selezione Campiello
- Languages
- Italian
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Illustration — Giuseppe Pontiggia in 1994 Giuseppe Pontiggia (dʒuˈzɛppe ponˈtiddʒa; 25 September 1934 – 27 June 2003) was an Italian writer and literary critic.
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Biography
Biography
He was born in Como, and moved to Milan with his family in 1948. In 1959 he graduated from the Università Cattolica in Milan with a thesis on Italo Svevo. After a first unnoticed short story anthology published in 1959, Pontiggia, encouraged by Elio Vittorini, decided to devote himself entirely to writing starting in 1961. His first novel was L'arte della fuga in 1968. Pontiggia won the Premio Strega in 1989 with La grande sera and the Premio Campiello in 2001 with Nati due volte. He also wrote numerous articles and essays. He died in Milan in 2003 of a circulatory stroke. He was an atheist.
Essays
Essays
• Il giardino delle Esperidi (1984) • Le sabbie immobili (1991) • L'isola volante (1996) • I contemporanei del futuro (1998)
Novels and short story anthologies
Novels and short story anthologies
• La morte in banca (1959) • L'arte della fuga (1968; 1990 revised) • Il giocatore invisibile (1978) • Il raggio d'ombra (1983) • La grande sera (1989) • Vite di uomini non illustri (1994) • Nati due volte (2000) • Prima persona (2002) • Il residence delle ombre cinesi (2003, posthumous)
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Giuseppe Pontiggia is recorded as writer, aphorist, literary critic and screenwriter.
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1934
Giuseppe Pontiggia born at Como.
2003
Giuseppe Pontiggia died at Milan.
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Como.
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Milan.
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Giuseppe Pontiggia received Strega Prize, Premio Chiara, Premio Brancati, Premio Campiello, Sigillo Longobardo and Premio Selezione Campiello.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q1179618: Giuseppe Pontiggia
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- “Giuseppe Pontiggia”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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scholarly publication
- Giuseppe Pontiggia. La grande sera, Forum Italicum: A Journal of Italian Studies, 1990
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 1990
authority file
- Gemeinsame Normdatei 1210957329, Giuseppe Pontiggia: la parola come avventura (Veranstaltung : 2017 : Mailand).
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scholarly publication
Giuseppe Pontiggia. La grande sera, Forum Italicum: A Journal of Italian Studies, 1990Crossref registry
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 1210957329, Giuseppe Pontiggia: la parola come avventura (Veranstaltung : 2017 : Mailand).Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q1179618: Giuseppe PontiggiaWikimedia Foundation
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