Strega Prize (Premio Strega)
1 appearances
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Edition 6 (1952) Winner
Alberto Moravia
アルベルト・モラーヴィア
Aruberuto Morāvia
Aliases:
Alberto Pincherle
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1907-11-28 （Rome, Kingdom of Italy）
- Died
- 1990-09-26 （Rome, Italy） age 82
- Nationality
- Italian
- Languages
- Italian, French, German
- Religion
- Atheism
- Residence History
- Rome → Cortina d'Ampezzo → Bressanone → Capri → Fondi
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Journalist, Playwright, Essayist, Film critic
- Active Years
- 1929-1990
- Affiliations
- PEN International (President 1959-1962), Nuovi Argomenti (Founder), Il porcospino (Co-founder)
- Influenced By
- Giosuè Carducci, Giovanni Boccaccio, Fyodor Dostoevsky, James Joyce
- Influenced
- Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Nominations
- Nobel Prize in Literature (nominated 13 times 1949-1965)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Strega Prize | I Racconti | — | Strega Prize Committee | Winner |
| 1957 | Premio Marzotto | Roman Tales | — | Marzotto Foundation | Winner |
| 1961 | Viareggio Prize | Boredom | — | Viareggio Prize Committee | Winner |
| 1982 | Premio Mondello | — | — | Mondello Foundation | Winner |
Strega Prize
1952
Work:
I Racconti
Organization:
Strega Prize Committee
Result:
Winner
Premio Marzotto
1957
Work:
Roman Tales
Organization:
Marzotto Foundation
Result:
Winner
Viareggio Prize
1961
Work:
Boredom
Organization:
Viareggio Prize Committee
Result:
Winner
Premio Mondello
1982
Organization:
Mondello Foundation
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
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Edition 32 (1961) Winner
Works
Major Works
Gli indifferenti
1929 NovelA realistic analysis of the moral decadence of a middle-class mother and her two children.
Moral decadenceBourgeois indifference
Adaptations
- [Film] Time of Indifference / Francesco Maselli (1964)
Translations
- Time of Indifference
Il conformista
1951 NovelAnti-fascist novel.
FascismConformism
Adaptations
- [Film] The Conformist / Bernardo Bertolucci (1970)
Translations
- The Conformist
La ciociara
1957 NovelStory of a mother and daughter during wartime.
WarMother-daughter relationship
Adaptations
- [Film] Two Women / Vittorio De Sica (1960)
Translations
- Two Women
Bibliography
- Gli indifferenti (1929)
- Le ambizioni sbagliate (1935)
Adaptations
- Agostino (1962, Mauro Bolognini)
- Contempt (1963, Jean-Luc Godard)
- The Empty Canvas (1963, Damiano Damiani)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Factual, cold, precise styleRooted in 19th-century narrative traditionElaborate syntax with elementary words
- Recurring Motifs
- Modern sexualitySocial alienationExistentialismBourgeois malaise
Health
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Tuberculosis of the bone9歳から14歳（5年間）Confined to bed for five years, leading to self-education through reading.
Legacy
Major figure in Italian modern literature, exploring sexuality and alienation; many works adapted to film. Perennial Nobel contender.
In Popular Culture
- Many novels adapted into films by renowned directors.
Quotes
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It is what we are forced to do that forms our character, not what we do of our own free will.
Source: Accrocca (1958) -
A writer survives in spite of his beliefs.
Source: Burnside (2011)
Trivia
- Real name Alberto Pincherle; pen name from grandmother's Moravian origin.
- Family included both fascist uncle and anti-fascist cousins.
- Atheist.