Maurizio Cucchi
Maurizio Cucchi (born 20 September 1945) is an Italian poet and writer.
Maurizio Cucchi
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- Name
- Maurizio Cucchi
- Born
- 20 September 1945
- Birthplace
- Milan, Italy
- Nationality
- Italy
- Occupation
- writer · literary critic · journalist · poet · translator
- Education
- Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
- Honours
- Viareggio Prize · Stresa Prize · Bagutta Prize · Mondello Prize · Dessì Prize · Librex Montale Prize
- Languages
- Italian · French
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Maurizio Cucchi (born 20 September 1945) is an Italian poet and writer.
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Maurizio Cucchi (born 1945) is an Italian journalist, literary critic and poet, among other activities. The journalist was born in Milan.
Maurizio Cucchi studied at Catholic University of the Sacred Heart. The journalist lived in Milan.
Languages used include French and Italian. Maurizio Cucchi received Bagutta Prize, Dessì Prize and Librex Montale Prize, among others.
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• Name — Maurizio Cucchi • Born — 20 September 1945 • Birthplace — Milan, Italy
Biography
Biography
Cucchi was born in 1945 in Milan. He graduated to the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore of Milan. From 1960 to 1971 he was a sports journalist, collaborating over time with some newspapers such as Corriere dello Sport and Italia Oggi”. He published several books of poetry and narrative. His first collection of poetry was published in 1976.
Poetry
Poetry
• Paradossalmente e con affanno. Trentatré poesie, Milano, Teograf., 1971. • Il disperso, Milano, A. Mondadori, 1976; Milano, Guanda. • Le meraviglie dell'acqua, Milano, A. Mondadori, 1980. • Il figurante (1971-1985), Firenze, Sansoni, 1985. • Donna del gioco, Milano, A. Mondadori, 1987. • La luce del distacco. Versi per il teatro, Milano, Crocetti, 1990. • Poesia della fonte, Milano, A. Mondadori, 1993.. • Hotel riviera. Poesie d'affetto e d'occasione, Cesena, Medusa, 1996. • L'ultimo viaggio di Glenn, Milano, Mondadori, 1999. • Libro azzurro e lunare, in Alberto Caramella, Lunares Murales, Firenze, Le Lettere, 1999, pp. VII-XIII. • Poesie 1965-2000, postfazione di Alba Donati, Milano, Mondadori ("Oscar poesia del Novecento"), 2001. • Per un secondo o un secolo, Milano, Mondadori ("Lo specchio"), 2003. • Il viaggiatore di città, Faloppio, Lietocolle ("Il Graal"), 2004. • Il rosso e l'azzurro, Milano, Quaderni di Orfeo ("Ottavo"), 2006. • Il denaro e gli oggetti (con William Xerra), Milano, Il Faggio ("Ariele"), 2006 • L'ultima volta che vidi Parigi, con un'acquaforte originale di Luciano Ragozzino, Milano, Il ragazzo innocuo ("Fuori collana"), 2007 • Jeanne d'Arc e il suo doppio, Milano, Guanda ("Fenice contemporanea"), 2008 • Come una nave, Salerno, Edizioni L'Arca Felice ("Coincidenze"), 2008 • Vite pulviscolari, Milano: Mondadori ("Lo specchio"), 2009 • Verso una quiete naturale, con un'acquaforte originale dell'autore, Milano, Il ragazzo innocuo ("Scripsit-Sculpsit"), 2010 • Malaspina, Milano, Mondadori ("Lo specchio"), 2013 • Un'isola un profilo, con un'opera originale di Adalberto Borioli, Milano, Quaderni di Orfeo ("Assolo"), 2016. • Poesie 1963-2015, a cura di Alberto Bertoni, Milano, Mondadori, 2016.
Novels
Novels
• Il male è nelle cose, Milano, Mondadori ("Scrittori italiani e stranieri"). • La traversata di Milano, Milano, Mondadori ("Scrittori italiani e stranieri"), 2007. • L'onore del clochard, San Cesario di Lecce, Manni ("Chicchi"), 2009 • La maschera ritratto, Milano, Mondadori ("Scrittori italiani e stranieri"), 2011 • L'indifferenza dell'assassino, Milano, Guanda ("Narratori della Fenice"), 2012 • Il ritmo di Milano – Un indigeno turista a zonzo per la città, Milano, Meravigli edizioni ("Scorci e Memorie"), 2015
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