Fernanda Pivano
Fernanda Pivano (18 July 1917 – 18 August 2009) was an Italian writer, journalist, translator and critic.
Early life
Pivano was born in
Spoon River
In 1943 she obtained a second degree in philosophy. In the same year she completed her first translation, the Italian edition of the
[...] "I was just a kid when I read Spoon River for the first time: Cesare Pavese brought it to me, one morning when I had asked him what was the difference between American and English literature."
Career
In 1948, Pivano met
In the summer of 2001 Pivano toured Northern America with director Luca Facchinito to film the documentary A Farewell to Beat – a celebration of the Beat Generation featuring notable American writers, including Jay McInerney, Bret Easton Ellis and Lawrence Ferlinghetti written by Andrea Bempensante.
Pivano also wrote about popular music and was an admirer of the work of
Death
Fernanda Pivano died, aged 92, in Milan on August 18, 2009.[3] Her funeral took place on August 21 in the Basilica di Carignano in Genoa. After the cremation, she was buried in the cemetery of Staglieno.
Legacy
In March 2010, Bompiani published Diari/2, the second volume of her biography that collects her writings from 1974 to 2009.
Bibliography
- 1947: La balena bianca e altri miti, Mondadori.
- 1964: America rossa e nera, Vallecchi.
- 1972: Beat Hippie Yippie, Arcana.
- 1976: Mostri degli Anni Venti, Formichieri.
- 1976: C'era una volta un Beat, Arcana.
- 1971: L'altra America negli Anni Sessanta, Officine Formichieri.
- 1982: Intervista a Bukowski, Sugar.
- 1985: Biografia di Hemingway, Rusconi.
- 1986: Cos'è più la virtù, Rusconi.
- 1988: La mia kasbah, Rusconi.
- 1955: La balena bianca e altri miti, Il Saggiatore.
- 1996: Altri amici, Mondadori.
- 1996: Amici scrittori, Mondadori.
- 2001: Hemingway, Rusconi.
- 1997: Dov'è più la virtù, Marsilio.
- 1997: Viaggio americano, Bompiani.
- 1997: Album americano. Dalla generazione perduta agli scrittori della realtà virtuale, Frassinelli.
- 2000: I miei quadrifogli, Frassinelli.
- 2000: Dopo Hemingway. Libri, arte ed emozioni d’America, Pironti.
- 2001: Una favola, Pagine d'arte.
- 2002: Un po' di emozioni, Fandango.
- 2002: Mostri degli anni Venti, La Tartaruga.
- 2002: De André il corsaro, with Cesare G. Romana and Michele Serra, Interlinea.
- 2004: The beat goes on, Mondadori.
- 2006: Spoon River, ciao with photographs by William Willinghton, Dreams Creek.
- 2006: Ho fatto una pace separata, Dreams Creek.
- 2007: Lo scrittore americano e la ragazza perbene, Tullio Pironti Editore.
- 2008: Complice la musica, BUR.
- 2008: Diari (1917–1973), edited by Enrico Rotelli with Mariarosa Bricchi, Bompiani.
- 2010: Diari/2 (1974–2009), edited by Enrico Rotelli with Mariarosa Bricchi, Bompiani.
- 2010: Libero chi legge, Mondadori.
- 2011: Leggende americane, Bompiani.
Prizes
- 1964: Saint Vincent Prize for Journalism
- 1975: Monselice Prize for Translation
- 1983: San Gerolamo Prize
- 1985: Giovanni Comisso Prize for literature
- 1992: Mondello Prize
- 1998: Estense Prize
- 2002: Art, Science and Peace Prize
- 2003: Grinzane Cavour Prize
- 2005: Tenco Prize
- 2006: Vittorio De Sica Prize for literature
See also
References
- ^ "L'Antologia di Spoon River: l'epica bucolica di Edgar Lee Masters". Auralcrave. 24 May 2018.
- ^ "Spoon River, i Lazzari sulla collina continuano a stregare". 28 January 2017.
- ^ "Addio a Fernanda Pivano Importò la cultura "beat"" (in Italian). Corriere della Sera. 18 August 2009. Retrieved 18 August 2009.
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