Bagutta Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 8 (1934) Winner
Carlo Emilio Gadda
カルロ・エミリオ・ガッダ
Carlo Emilio Gadda
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1893-11-14 （Milan）
- Died
- 1973-05-21 （Rome） age 79
- Nationality
- Italy
- Languages
- Italian
- Religion
- Protestant
- Residence History
- Milan → Florence → Rome
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Poet, Engineer
- Active Years
- 1932-1973
- Influenced
- Primo Levi, Robert Musil
- Nominations
- Nobel Prize in Literature (1966)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Politecnico di Milano | — | Engineering | — | — | Italy |
Politecnico di Milano
Engineering
Year of Graduation:
1920
Country:
Italy
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Bagutta Prize | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| — | Viareggio Prize | — | — | — | 受賞 |
Bagutta Prize
Result:
受賞
Viareggio Prize
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
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Edition 24 (1953) Winner
Works
Major Works
Quer pasticciaccio brutto de via Merulana
1957 Crime novelA crime novel set in Rome on Via Merulana, featuring murder and jewel theft, experimenting with dialects and language. The whodunit is not resolved.
Language innovationBourgeois critiqueGrotesque
Translations
- William Weaver translation (1965)
Bibliography
- La madonna dei filosofi (1931)
- Il castello di Udine (1934)
- That Awful Mess on Via Merulana (1957)
- The Experience of Pain (1963)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Language innovationDialects, technical jargon, wordplayBaroqueExpressionisticGrotesque
- Recurring Motifs
- Critique of bourgeoisieFascism analysisMisanthropy
Legacy
Known as a language innovator in Italian literature, associated with modernism, postmodernism, and the Lombard line. His engineering background influenced his precise style.
Archives
- The Edinburgh Journal of Gadda Studies
Trivia
- Nickname 'Il gran Lombardo'
- Involved in construction of Vatican Power Station
- POW in WWI at Caporetto
- Nominated for Nobel Prize in Literature 1966
- Buried in Non-Catholic Cemetery, Rome