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Gianni Celati

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Gianni Celati

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1937-01-10 (Sondrio)
Died
2022-01-03 (Brighton) age 84
Nationality
Italy
Languages
Italian, English
Residence History
Sondrio (birth) → Province of Ferrara (infancy and adolescence) → Bologna

Career

Occupations
writer, translator, literary critic
Active Years
1970-2022
Affiliations
University of Bologna, Caen University, Cornell University, Brown University
Memberships
Gruppo 63
Influenced By
Italo Calvino, James Joyce

Education

University of Bologna
English literature
Country: Italy
degree on James Joyce by teacher Carlo Izzo

Awards

Bagutta Prize
1974
Result: 受賞
Grinzane Cavour Prize
1985
Work: Narratori delle pianure
Result: 受賞
Mondello Prize
1989
Work: Verso la foce
Result: 受賞
Zerilli-Marimò Prize for Italian Fiction
1998
Work: Avventure in Africa
Result: 受賞
Piero Chiara Prize
2001
Work: Cinema naturale
Result: 受賞
Ennio Flaiano Prize
2005
Work: Fata Morgana
Result: 受賞
Viareggio Prize
2006
Work: Vite di pascolanti
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Comiche

1970 novel

First book published in 1970.

Narratori delle pianure

1985 stories

Stories of narrators from the plains.

Vite di pascolanti

2006 novel

Lives of shepherds.

Bibliography

  • Comiche, Einaudi, 1971
  • Le avventure del Guizzardi, Einaudi, 1972
  • La banda dei sospiri, Einaudi, 1976
  • Finzioni occidentali, Einaudi 1975
  • Lunario del paradiso, Einaudi, 1978
  • Narratori delle pianure, Feltrinelli, 1985
  • Quattro novelle sulle apparenze, Feltrinelli, 1987
  • Verso la foce, Feltrinelli 1988
  • L'Orlando innamorato raccontato in prosa, Einaudi, 1994
  • Avventure in Africa, Feltrinelli 1998
  • Cinema naturale, Feltrinelli 2001
  • Fata Morgana, Feltrinelli, 2005
  • Vite di pascolanti, Nottetempo, 2006

Adaptations

  • Strada Provinciale delle Anime (documentary, 1991)

Translations by Author

  • Jonathan Swift, William Gerhardie, Herman Melville, etc.

Translations of Works

  • Adventures in Africa (English translation, 2000)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Early works amusing and explosive; later more serious and visual
Recurring Motifs
Everyday storytelling, travel, Africa

Legacy

Important Italian modern writer, translator, and critic known for works influenced by Joyce.

Trivia

  • Member of Gruppo 63
  • Associated with Italo Calvino
  • Wrote travelogues from Africa