Giorgio Valentino Bocca - World Literary Awards

Profile

Gender: Male
Born: 1920-08-28 （Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy）
Died: 2011-12-25 （Milan, Italy） age 91
Nationality: Italy
Languages: Italian
Residence History: Cuneo (birthplace) → Milan (residence and place of death)

Career

Occupations: essayist, journalist, partisan (World War II)
Active Years: 1945-2011
Affiliations: Gazzetta del Popolo, L'Europeo, Il Giorno, L'Espresso, La Repubblica
Memberships: Giustizia e Libertà (partisan organization), ANPI (National Association of Italian Partisans)
Influenced By: Duccio Galimberti, Benedetto Dalmastro

Awards & Nominations

Bagutta Prize 1 appearances

Edition 56 (1992, held 2 times in year) Winner

Works

Major Works

History of the Resistance

history / study

An extensive study of the Italian partisan movement, providing analysis and accounts of the resistance during and after World War II.

partisan movementwar and memorypolitical history

Il Provinciale

1991 memoir / essays

A collection of essays reflecting on personal experiences and commentary on Italian society, mixing autobiographical elements with social critique.

social critiqueItalian politicsmemory and personal history

Bibliography

History of the Resistance
Il Provinciale
(other works)

Style & Themes

Literary Style: direct, journalistic prosesharp critique of political and social issues
Recurring Motifs: anti-authoritarianismwar and memoryrelations between local communities and the state

Legacy

An influential essayist and journalist in postwar Italy, notable for his studies of the partisan movement and for sustained social and political criticism. He remained a prominent and sometimes controversial public intellectual.

Academic Societies

Scholarly discussions connected to ANPI

Trivia

As a young journalist he wrote an article that paraphrased the 'Protocols of the Elders of Zion', a fact that later caused controversy.
He served as a partisan during World War II and held a command role in a Giustizia e Libertà division.