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Alberto Arbasino

アルベルト・アルバジーノ

Aruberuto Arubajīno

Aliases: Nino Alberto Arbasino

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1930-01-22 (Voghera, Lombardy, Italy)
Died
2020-03-22 (Milan, Lombardy, Italy) age 90
Nationality
イタリア, Italy
Languages
Italian
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Voghera, Lombardy → Milan, Lombardy

Career

Occupations
writer, essayist, politician, journalist
Active Years
1957-2020
Affiliations
Gruppo 63, Il Mondo, La Repubblica

Education

University of Milan
Faculty of Law
Degree: 法学学位
Country: Italy
Graduated in law
Harvard University
Country: United States
Attended
University of Pavia
Country: Italy
Attended

Awards

Premio Chiara
2004
Category: 生涯業績
Result: 受賞
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
1995
Organization: President of the Italian Republic
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Super Eliogabalo

1969 Novel

Surrealist and expressionist novel with dreamlike descriptions of places.

ExpressionismSurrealismHomosexuality

Fratelli d'Italia

1963 Novel

First published 1963, rewritten 1976 and 1993. Breaks Italian stereotypes on homosexuality.

HomosexualityItalian society

Bibliography

  • Le piccole vacanze (1957)
  • L'Anonimo lombardo (1959)
  • Fratelli d'Italia (1963)
  • Certi romanzi (1964)
  • Super Eliogabalo (1969)
  • La narcisata (1975)
  • La bella di Lodi (1972)
  • In questo Stato (1978)
  • Un paese senza (1980)
  • Trans – Pacific Express (1981)
  • Matine (1983)
  • Il meraviglioso, anzi (1985)
  • La caduta dei tiranni (1990)
  • Mekong (1994)
  • Specchio delle mie brame (1995)
  • Parigi o cara (1996)
  • Lettere da Londra (1997)
  • Passeggiando tra i draghi addormentati (1997)
  • Paesaggi italiani con zombi (1998)
  • Le muse a Los Angeles (2000)
  • Rap! (2001)
  • Dall'Ellade a Bisanzio (2006)
  • La Vita bassa (2009)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
NeoavanguardiaExpressionismSurrealism
Recurring Motifs
HomosexualityDreamlike descriptionsItalian social critique

Health

  • Long illness
    晩年
    Led to death in 2020

Legacy

Protagonist of Group 63, known for experimental novels and essays contributing to Italian literature.

In Popular Culture

  • Hosted TV debate show Match in 1970s

Quotes

  • Especially for the descriptions of the places, which are always dreamlike and delusional.
    Source: Conversazione con Alberto Arbasino

Trivia

  • Openly gay
  • Member of Gruppo 63
  • Former deputy in Italian Parliament for Italian Republican Party
  • Hosted famous 1977 debate between Mario Monicelli and Nanni Moretti