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Enzo Bettiza

エンツォ・ベッティッツァ

Enzo Bettiza

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1927-07-07 （Split (then Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes)）
Died
2017-07-28 （Rome, Italy） age 90
Nationality
Dalmatian Italian, Italian
Languages
Italian, Croatian
Residence History
Gorizia → Trieste → Milan → Rome

Career

Occupations
novelist, journalist, politician
Active Years
1947-2017

Awards

Red Danice Hrvatske with the image of Marko Marulić
Organization: President of Croatia / journalists of Split (proposed)
Result: 受賞
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
2003
Organization: Office of the President of the Italian Republic (Quirinal)
Result: 受章

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Phantoms of Moscow

1993 novel

A long novel set in Moscow that intertwines history and personal memory; strongly influenced by the author's experience as a journalist.

exilememoryEastern European politics

Exile

1995 essays/memoir

A collection reflecting the author's exile experiences and feelings toward his homeland.

exileidentityhomeland

Which PCI? Anatomy of a Crisis

1969 political commentary

A critical analysis of the Italian Communist Party and its internal crisis.

political analysisItalian politicscrisis of communism

Myth and Reality of Trieste

history/cultural essay

An essay examining the historical and cultural standing and myths of Trieste.

borderland cultureidentityhistory

Bibliography

  • Mito e realtà di Trieste
  • Il mistero di Lenin
  • Essays, Travels, Characters
  • Not a Life
  • The Eclipse of Communism
  • Which PCI? Anatomy of a Crisis (1969)
  • The Election Campaign
  • The Ghost of Trieste
  • The Year of the Tiger
  • The Phantoms of Moscow (1993)
  • Exile (1995)
  • The Red Shadow
  • Via Solferino
  • Sacred Monsters
  • Crowns and Masks
  • The Cavalcade of the Century (2000)
  • Journey into the Unknown
  • Dreams of Atlas
  • The Lost Book

Style & Themes

Literary Style
journalistic observational prosemixing history and personal memorydetailed regional depiction (Eastern Europe/Balkans)
Recurring Motifs
exile and displacementsearch for identitypolitics and culture of Eastern Europe

Legacy

Bettiza brought a journalist's perspective to his novels and essays, and is known for works dealing with Eastern Europe and the Balkans. His long novel 'I fantasmi di Mosca' is among his notable works in Italian literature. He also received official honors such as the Knight Grand Cross.

Trivia

  • Born in Split in Dalmatia and raised as a Dalmatian Italian.
  • Worked as a foreign correspondent in Vienna and Moscow.
  • The 1993 novel 'I fantasmi di Mosca' is considered one of his major long works in Italian.
  • Awarded the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic in 2003.