Crotone Prize (Premio Crotone)
1 appearances
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Edition 4 (1959) Winner
Elémire Zolla
エレミール・ゾッラ
Elemire Zolla
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1926-07-09 （Turin, Italy）
- Died
- 2002-05-29 （Montepulciano, Italy） age 75
- Nationality
- Italian
- Languages
- Italian, English, French, German, Spanish
- Residence History
- Turin → Paris → London → Rome → Montepulciano
Career
- Occupations
- essayist, philosopher, historian of religion, professor
- Active Years
- 1950-2002
- Affiliations
- Sapienza University of Rome, University of Catania, University of Genoa, Istituto Ticinese di Alti Studi (Lugano), Istituto Accademico di Roma
- Influenced By
- Henry Corbin, Mircea Eliade, Jorge Luis Borges, Adorno and Horkheimer (Frankfurt School)
- Influenced
- Roberto Calasso (attended his lectures)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | Strega Prize (for a debut work) | Minuetto all'inferno (Minuet in Hell) | — | Strega Prize | 受賞 |
| 1987 | International Prize of the City of Ascoli Piceno | — | — | Medieval Studies Cecco d'Ascoli (organizers) | 受賞 |
Strega Prize (for a debut work)
1956
Work:
Minuetto all'inferno (Minuet in Hell)
Organization:
Strega Prize
Result:
受賞
International Prize of the City of Ascoli Piceno
1987
Organization:
Medieval Studies Cecco d'Ascoli (organizers)
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Minuetto all'inferno (Minuet in Hell)
1956 novelA novel written during his tuberculosis illness; an early work intertwining personal experience and imagination.
illness and solitudeinner life
Eclissi dell'intellettuale
1959 essayAn unconventional essay analyzing mass society and the role of intellectuals, critiquing progressive conformism.
critique of modern societythe duty of intellectuals
I letterati e lo sciamano (The Scholar and the Shaman)
1968 study/essayA study of the image of Native Americans in American literature, written after travels in the American Southwest.
cultural representationshamanism
Aure
travel writingA book reporting travels in Iran and other countries, containing reflections and insights on religion and mysticism.
religion and mysticismtravel and ethnography
Bibliography
- Minuetto all'inferno
- Eclissi dell'intellettuale
- I letterati e lo sciamano
- Aure
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- erudite essayistic stylerigorous interdisciplinary criticismacademic yet prose-driven treatments of religion and mysticism
- Recurring Motifs
- mysticism and esotericismritual and symbolismcomparisons between Eastern and Western thoughttravel and encounters with other cultures
Health
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tuberculosis1948（約22歳の頃）During the illness he wrote the novel Minuetto all'inferno; the disease affected his early creative output.
Legacy
Elémire Zolla was an internationally recognized essayist and scholar of religious history and mysticism. He founded and edited the magazine Conoscenza Religiosa and contributed to comparative studies bridging Eastern and Western thought. Most of his works are in Italian, with some in English and other languages.
Academic Societies
- Istituto Accademico di Roma
- Istituto Ticinese di Alti Studi (Lugano)
Trivia
- Spent childhood between Paris, London and Turin and became multilingual.
- Contracted tuberculosis at age 22 and wrote a novel during convalescence.
- Founded and edited the magazine Conoscenza Religiosa from 1969 to 1983.
- Wrote a controversial introduction to an early Italian edition of The Lord of the Rings in 1970.
- Married Maria Luisa Spaziani in 1958 briefly; later lived with writer Cristina Campo until her death.