Sandro Veronesi (writer)
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Sandro Veronesi (born 1959) is an Italian novelist, essayist, and journalist. After earning a degree in architecture at the University of Florence, he opted for a writing career in his mid to late twenties. Veronesi published his first book at the age of 25, a collection of poetry (Il resto del cielo, 1984) that has remained his only venture into verse writing. He has since published five novels, three books of essays, one theatrical piece, numerous introductions to novels and collections of essays, interviews, screenplays, and television programs.
Veronesi has twice been awarded Italy's most prestigious literary prize, the
Works
Il resto del cielo consists of twenty-five short compositions, none longer than fourteen verses, that speak to the general problematics of communication, all of which are underscored by a constant coincidentia oppositorum. Seemingly simple verses, they speak eloquently to the narrating voice's quotidian landscape.
His first novel, Per dove parte questo treno allegro (1988), is the story of a typical relationship of the 1980s between father and son. A troubled rapport between them, the father is an adventurous businessman who, while deep in debt, has squirrelled away a few hundred thousand
With his second novel, Gli sfiorati (1990), Veronesi approaches the family thematics in a much more dramatic fashion. A family recomposed of two previously split ones, here too the father and son experience a troubled relationship. Mete, however, finds comfort in developing rapport with his beautiful
Faithful to the theme of troubled relationships between two people of different generations, Venite venite
La forza del passato (2000;
Ring City (2001) is a "children's novel,” for lack of a better term. As such, it figures as a wonderful companion piece to La forza del passato, as it is surely a book Gianni Orzan would have written. Topolino (Mickey Mouse) must confront the Fosterman clan, who has taken over the once tranquil city of Vocalia, transforming it into a giant boxing ring.
Caos calmo (novel) (2005) won him Italy's most prestigious award, the Strega Prize. Having lost his wife to a natural death, Pietro Paladini is able to recover his existential bearings only after re-examining life from its metaphorical underbelly, in his subsequent dealings with the people in his life, especially when he unorthodoxly hangs around in front of his daughter's school.
An assiduous essayist, much of the material in his non-fiction collections appeared in various daily and weekly
In addition to the above, he has also written numerous introductions of various sorts for numerous books that range from novels to collections of essays on many topics, including soccer and rock music. Most recently, he ventured into the world of theatre with his No Man's Land (2003), a drama originating from and similar to
.Veronesi collaborates with numerous newspapers and literature magazines. He is also the founder of the publishing house
In 2010, Italian
Bibliography
Fiction
- Il resto e il cielo. Prato: Edizioni del Palazzo, 1984.
- Per dove parte questo treno allegro. Rome: Theoria, 1988
- Gli sfiorati. Milan: Mondadori, 1990.
- Venite venite B-52. Milan: Feltrinelli, 1995.
- La forza del passato. Milan: Bompiani, 2000.
- Ring City. Milan: Disney, 2001.
- No Man's Land. Milan: Bompiani: 2003.
- Caos calmo (novel) . Milan: Bompiani, 2005; English translation: Quiet Chaos, 2005.
- Brucia Troia. Milan: Bompiani, 2007.
- XY. Rome: Fandango Libri, 2010.
- Profezia (short story). RCS Quotidiani, 2011.
- Baci scagliati altrove (racconti). Rome: Fandango Libri, 2011.
- Terre rare. Milan: Bompiani, 2014.
- Non dirlo. Il Vangelo di Marco. Milan: Bompiani, 2015.
- Il colibrì. Milan: La Nave di Teseo, 2019
Non-fiction
- Cronache italiane. Milan: Mondadori, 1991.
- Occhio per occhio. La pena di morte in quattro storie. Milan: Mondadori, 1992.
- Live. Ritratti, sopralluoghi e collaudi. Milan: Bompiani, 1996.
- Superalbo. Le storie complete. Milan: Bompiani, 2002.
- Viaggi e Viaggetti. Finché il tuo cuore non è contento. Milan: Bompiani Overlook, 2013
- Un dio ti guarda. Milan: La Nave di Teseo, 2016
- Cani d'estate. Milan: La Nave di Teseo, 2018
Introductions, essays, and interviews
- “Il trattino, uno e trino,” interview with Francesca Serafini in Punteggiatura. Alessandro Baricco, Filippo Taricco, Giorgio Vasta, Dario Voltolini, eds. BUR: Scuola Holden, 2001, p 145-54.
- “John Fante: la giovinezza come destino” in John Fante. Un anno terribile. Rome: Fazi, 2001, p 7-16.
- “Cento piccoli Totti,” Nuovi argomenti (January–March 2000) 5th series: 84–93.
- “Interview” with Cristiana Lardo, in L’ultima letteratura italiana: scrittori a Tor Vergata: interventi ed interviste. Cristiana Lardo and Fabio Pierangeli, eds. Rome: Vecchiarelli, 1999, p 135-41.
- “Tra gli Smith e san Paolo (epigrafi)” in Improvviso il novecento: Pasolini professore. Giordano Meacci, ed. Rome: Minimum Fax, 1999, p 189-226. (interview/essay)
- “Tirchieria del racconto e generosità del romanzo,” in Seminario sul racconto. Luigi Rustichelli, ed. Boca Raton: Bordighera Press, 1998, p 48-59.
- “Interview”, with Laura Lepri, in Panta: special issue, “Scrittura creativa. La scrittura creativa raccontata dagli scrittori che la insegnano,” Laura Lepri, ed. Milano: Bompiani, 1997, p 45-55.
- “Ma smettetela di chiamarci giovani scrittori,” L’Unità, 8 aprile 1995: 21.
Translations
- Alastair McEwen: The Force of the Past. New York: Ecco, 2003.
Further reading
- Barbara Castaldo, “Sandro Veronesi” in Dictionary of Literary Biography: Contemporary Italian Fiction. Columbia: Bruccoli Clark Layman. Forthcoming.
- Filippo La Porta, “Sandro Veronesi” in La nuova narrativa italiana: travestimenti e stili di fine secolo. Turin: Bollati Boringhieri, 1995. 58–62.
- Cristiana Lardo, “Sandro Veronesi: dichiarazione d’amore,” in L’ultima letteratura italiana: scrittori a Tor Vergata: interventi ed interviste. Cristiana Lardo and Fabio Pierangeli, eds. Rome: Vecchiarelli, 1999. 133-34.
- Stefania Meli, “Esistenze abusive nei romanzi di Sandro Veronesi,” in L’ultima letteratura italiana: scrittori a Tor Vergata: interventi ed interviste. Cristiana Lardo e Fabio Pierangeli, eds. Rome: Vecchiarelli, 1999. 142-46;
- Anthony Julian Tamburri, “Abitare in limine: Per dove parte questo treno [mica tanto] allegro,” Esperienze letterarie. Vol. 40 (2005): forthcoming, 37 ms.
References
- ^ "Lo Strega al Caos Calmo di Veronesi - Corriere della Sera". www.corriere.it. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
- ^ "Premio Strega, la seconda volta di Sandro Veronesi". la Repubblica (in Italian). 2 July 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
- ^ "DA YOUTUBE AL SITO LA VITA DEL LIBRO PRIMA DELL' USCITA - la Repubblica.it". Archivio - la Repubblica.it.
- ^ "I creativi di Veronesi". 18 August 2010.
- ^ "Domeneshop".
- ^ "Caso Veronesi & Wikipedia: Fandango si difende dalle accuse sul web - Affaritaliani.it". www.affaritaliani.it.
External links
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