Strega Prize (Premio Strega)
1 appearances
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Edition 5 (1951) Winner
Corrado Alvaro
コッラード・アルバロ
Corrado Alvaro
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1895-04-15 （San Luca, Italy）
- Died
- 1956-06-11 （Rome, Italy） age 61
- Nationality
- Italian
- Languages
- Italian
- Religion
- Catholic
- Residence History
- San Luca, Calabria → Rome → Milan → Paris
Career
- Occupations
- Journalist, Novelist, Playwright, Screenwriter
- Active Years
- 1912-1956
- Affiliations
- Italian Association of Writers
- Memberships
- Italian Association of Writers
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Milan | — | Literature | 文学学位 | — | Italy |
University of Milan
Literature
Degree:
文学学位
Year of Graduation:
1919
Country:
Italy
Educated at Jesuit boarding schools in Rome and Umbria before attending
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Strega Prize | Quasi una vita | — | Strega Foundation | Winner |
| 1931 | La Stampa Prize | Gente in Aspromonte | — | La Stampa | Winner |
| 1940 | Accademia d'Italia Literature Prize | L'uomo è forte | — | Accademia d'Italia | Winner |
Strega Prize
1951
Work:
Quasi una vita
Organization:
Strega Foundation
Result:
Winner
La Stampa Prize
1931
Work:
Gente in Aspromonte
Organization:
La Stampa
Result:
Winner
Accademia d'Italia Literature Prize
1940
Work:
L'uomo è forte
Organization:
Accademia d'Italia
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Gente in Aspromonte
1930 VerismoExamines the exploitation of rural peasants by greedy landowners in Calabria.
PovertyExploitationPeasant life
Quasi una vita
1950 NovelA novel in the form of a writer's journal.
LifeHopeContemporary life
Man Is Strong
1938 NovelA defense of the individual against totalitarianism, written after a trip to the Soviet Union.
TotalitarianismIndividualOppression
Bibliography
- Polsi, nell'arte, nella leggenda, e nella storia (1912)
- Poesie grigioverdi (1917)
- La siepe e l'orto (1920)
- L'uomo del labirinto (1926)
- L'amata alla finestra (1929)
- Vent'anni (1930)
- Gente in Aspromonte (1930)
- La signora dell'isola; racconti (1931)
- Maestri del diluvio; viaggio nella Russia sovietica (1935)
- L'uomo è forte (1938)
- Incontri d'amore (1940)
- Viaggio in Russia (1943)
- L'età breve (1946)
- Lunga notte di Medea, tragedia in due tempi (1949)
- Quasi una vita. Giornale di uno scrittore (1950)
- Il nostro tempo e la speranza. Saggi di vita contemporanea (1952)
- Un fatto di cronaca. Settantacinque racconti (1955)
- Colore di Berlino. Viaggio in Germania (2001)
Adaptations
- Adam's Tree (1936)
- A Woman Between Two Worlds (1936)
- No Man's Land (1939)
- Carmela (1942)
- Headlights in the Fog (1942)
- Fever (1943)
- Resurrection (1944)
- Pact with the Devil (1950)
- Women Without Names (1950)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- VerismoRealismEpic depictions
- Recurring Motifs
- Calabrian povertyContrast between rural and urban lifeCriticism of Fascism
Legacy
Italian verismo writer known for depicting poverty in Calabria and anti-Fascist views. Winner of the Strega Prize.
Museums
- Fondazione Corrado Alvaro Italy
Archives
- Vallerano Cemetery
In Popular Culture
- One of the first authors to mention the 'Ndrangheta in literature
Trivia
- First to mention 'Ndrangheta in Corriere della Sera in 1955
- Anti-Fascist intellectual from Calabria
- Wounded in both arms during WWI