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Goffredo Parise

ゴッフレード・パリゼ

Goffredo Parise

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1929-12-08 (Vicenza)
Died
1986-08-31 (Treviso) age 56
Nationality
イタリア, Italian
Languages
イタリア語, Italian
Religion
Unknown Baptismal Name: Unknown

Career

Occupations
writer, journalist, screenwriter
Active Years
1951-1986

Awards

Viareggio Prize
1965
Work: Il padrone (The Boss)
Result: winner
Strega Prize
1982
Work: Sillabario n.2
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Il padrone (The Boss)

1963 novel

A novel satirizing power and capitalism

powercapitalism
Translations
  • translated by William Weaver

Bibliography

  • The Dead Boy and the Comets; Don Gastone and the Ladies; The Boss; Solitudes; Abecedary; The Smell of Blood

Adaptations

  • Boccaccio '70
  • La cuccagna
  • Careless
  • Agostino
  • Oggi, domani, dopodomani
  • L'assoluto naturale

Translations of Works

  • The Dead Boy and the Comets (trans. Marianne Ceconi, 1953)
  • Don Gastone and the Ladies (trans. Stuart Hood, 1955)
  • The Boss (trans. William Weaver, 1966)
  • Solitudes (trans. Isabel Quigly, 1982)
  • Abecedary (trans. James Marcus, 1990)
  • The Smell of Blood (trans. John Shepley, 2003)

Legacy

Known as an important Italian writer, winner of several literary prizes.