Pietro Citati

Pietro Citati was an Italian writer, literary critic, journalist and essayist (1930–2022). He was born at Florence and died at Roccamare.

Pietro Citati in brief

Born
1930
Died
2022
Known for
writer, literary critic, journalist and essayist
Place of birth
Florence
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Recognition and collections

Pietro Citati received Prix Médicis étranger, Strega Prize, Bagutta Prize, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, Praemium Classicum Clavarense and Flaiano Literary Prize.

Catalogued works

41 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1873 to 2008.

Tolstoj. Bahār-i Khusraw. Colombe Poignardee (Folio) (French Edition). Elogio del pomodoro. La colomba pugnalata, dated 1995. La Lumière de la nuit, dated 1999. Alessandro, dated 1974. La malattia dell'infinito, dated 2008. La primavera di Cosroe, dated 1977. Manzoni, dated 1980. Portraits de femmes, dated 2001. Storia prima felice, poi dolentissima e funesta, dated 1989. Tolstoï, dated 1987. Goethe, dated 1970. Kafka, dated 1987. Brève vie de Katherine Mansfield. Il sogno della camera rossa. La civiltà letteraria europea. L' armonia del mondo. Lettres à ses parents, 1922-1924. Vita breve di Katherine Mansfield. El Mal Absoluto. Il tè del cappellaio matto. La collina di Brusuglio. La Voix de Schéhérazade. Ritratti di donne. Alessandro Magno. Il male assoluto. Immagini di Alessandro Manzoni. La Mente Colorata. Tolstoi. Alexandre le Grand. Il migliore dei mondi impossibili. Israele e l'Islam. Le scintille di Dio. La Paloma Apunalada. Le primavera di Cosroe. I frantumi del mondo. Il velo nero. La luce della notte. Sur le roman. Volgarizzamento del Trattato della cura degli occhi di Pietro Spano : codice Laurenziano citato dagli accademici della Crusca ora per la prima volta stampato / a cura di Francesco Zambrini., dated 1873, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 3 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

6 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Pietro Citati, La pensée de midi, 2004. Pietro Citati, Leopardi, Transalpina, 2011. Pietro Citati, «La ragazza dagli occhi d’oro» di Balzac, Studi Francesi, 2023. Pietro Citati, Balzac e Vautrin, Studi Francesi, 2020. Pietro Citati, Portraits de femmes, Archives de sciences sociales des religions, 2002. La teoria letteraria di Pietro Citati: metamorfosi, analogia e harmonia mundi., Enthymema, 2017.

Digitised editions and texts

2 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

IL TE DEL CAPPELAIO MATTO (1972) — Internet Archive. La primavera di cosroe (1977) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 19 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 13 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Pietro Citati studied at University of Pisa and Scuola Normale Superiore. Classe di Lettere e Filosofia. the recorded working language is Italian.

The field of work recorded is creative and professional writing, literary criticism and essay.

Distinctions recorded are Prix Médicis étranger, Strega Prize, Bagutta Prize and Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.

Chronology

  1. 1930Pietro Citati born at Florence.
  2. 1972IL TE DEL CAPPELAIO MATTO digitised by Internet Archive.
  3. 1977La primavera di cosroe digitised by Internet Archive.
  4. 1995La colomba pugnalata.
  5. 1999La Lumière de la nuit.
  6. 2022Pietro Citati died at Roccamare.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    “Pietro Citati”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  2. 2.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q1230469: Pietro Citati

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