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Edition 76 (2005) Winner
Alessandro Piperno
アレッサンドロ・ピペルノ
Aressandoro Piperuno
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1972-03-25 （Rome）
- Nationality
- Italian
- Languages
- Italian, French
- Religion
- Jewish
- Residence History
- Rome, Italy
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Literary critic
- Active Years
- 2000-2024
- Affiliations
- University of Rome Tor Vergata
- Influenced By
- Marcel Proust, Philip Roth
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Rome Tor Vergata | — | French Literature | — | — | Italy |
University of Rome Tor Vergata
French Literature
Country:
Italy
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Premio Campiello | Con le peggiori intenzioni | 最優秀処女作 | — | 受賞 |
| 2012 | Premio Strega | Inseparabili | — | — | 受賞 |
Premio Campiello
2005
Work:
Con le peggiori intenzioni
Category:
最優秀処女作
Result:
受賞
Premio Strega
2012
Work:
Inseparabili
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Strega Prize (Premio Strega)
1 appearances
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Edition 66 (2012) Winner
Works
Major Works
Con le peggiori intenzioni
2005 Historical novelThe story of the Sonnino family spanning half a century, especially the life of its youngest member, Daniel.
Jewish identityFamilySociety
Translations
- The Worst Intentions
Bibliography
- Proust antiebreo
- Con le peggiori intenzioni
- Il demone reazionario
- La favola della vita vera
- Persecuzione
- Contro la memoria
- Inseparabili
- Pubblici infortuni
- Dove la storia finisce
- Il manifesto del libero lettore
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- IronicSelf-referentialDisenchanted view of society
- Recurring Motifs
- Jewish themesFamily relationsMemory
Legacy
Prominent Italian novelist and Premio Strega winner, known for Proust criticism.
Quotes
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Yes, Swann tries to forget his own Judaism every so often, at least as much as Saint-Loup tries everything to let others forget he is, first of all, a Guermantes. Evidently, however, Judaism as much as aristocratic descent possess such a force that they totally overwhelm the single individual. Swann and Saint-Loup cannot do anything against chromosome enslavement. This is why Swann's face, at the end of his life, becomes as tragic and emaciated as that of Shylock, and why Saint-Loup's backside enlarges so much that it almost overlaps the similarly illustrious one of uncle Charlus.
Source: A la recherche de Proust (2006) -
What's the point of writing a book entitled All the Anti-Semitic Jews: From Otto Weininger to Phillip Roth, and including yourself implicitly in that rich list, when everyone knows that you are neither Jewish nor anti-Semitic but would like to be both? For the oldest reason in the world: cunning, sustained by the desire to live, to get the most out of the little life has to offer. Make it extreme. Render it attractive to others, at the cost of the deception inflicted on oneself… A half-Jew against the Jews. A half-Jew who accuses Jews of racism and a half-Catholic who accuses Catholics of ecumenism… that essay of yours is merely a grand anti-Semitic manipulation, devised to the detriment of your guiltless relatives, and to your advantage: that sense of pride that infuses you with a masochistic violence mistaken by too many for intellectual honesty.
Source: The Worst Intentions (2007)
Trivia
- Studied guitar and was the solo guitarist and singer in the Roman rock-blues band Random until 2005.
- Fan of the soccer team Lazio.