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Edition 44 (1973) Winner
Mario Praz
マリオ・プラツ
Mario Praz
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1896-09-06 （Rome）
- Died
- 1982-03-23 （Rome） age 85
- Nationality
- Italy
- Languages
- Italian, English
- Residence History
- Rome → Florence → Manchester
Career
- Occupations
- Art critic, Literature critic, Scholar
- Active Years
- 1920-1982
- Affiliations
- University of Rome, Victoria University of Manchester
- Influenced By
- Edmund Gosse
- Influenced
- Orhan Pamuk
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Bologna | — | — | — | 1914-1915 | Italy |
| Sapienza University of Rome | — | Law | 法学学位 | — | Italy |
| University of Florence | — | Literature | 文学博士 | — | Italy |
University of Bologna
Period:
1914-1915
Country:
Italy
Sapienza University of Rome
Law
Degree:
法学学位
Year of Graduation:
1918
Country:
Italy
University of Florence
Literature
Degree:
文学博士
Year of Graduation:
1920
Country:
Italy
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire | — | 名誉 | British Government | 受賞 |
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
1962
Category:
名誉
Organization:
British Government
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Premi Flaiano (Flaiano Prizes)
1 appearances
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Edition 0 (1979) Winner
Works
Major Works
The Romantic Agony
1930 Literary criticismA comprehensive survey of the decadent, erotic and morbid themes that characterised European authors of the late 18th and 19th centuries.
DecadenceEroticismMorbidity
Translations
- English translation (Angus Davidson)
The House of Life
1964 Autobiography/Interior criticismRoom-by-room description of his Roman apartment, illustrating theories on interior design as personal reflection.
Interior designPersonal spaceCollecting
An Illustrated History of Interior Decoration from Pompeii to Art Nouveau
1964 Design historyVisual history of interior decoration from ancient times to Art Nouveau.
Interior historyFurnitureDecoration
Bibliography
- La carne, la morte e il diavolo nella letteratura romantica (1930)
- The Romantic Agony (1933)
- Studies in Seventeenth-Century Imagery (1939)
- The Hero in Eclipse in Victorian Fiction (1956)
- Mnemosyne: The Parallel Between Literature and the Visual Arts (1967)
- An Illustrated History of Interior Decoration from Pompeii to Art Nouveau (1964)
- The House of Life (1964)
Translations by Author
- Translations of T. S. Eliot
Translations of Works
- English translation of The Romantic Agony
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Detailed descriptionIronicScholarly analysis
- Recurring Motifs
- Decadent beautyHorror vacui in interiorsErotic death
Legacy
Prominent Italian art and literature critic, scholar of English literature, with profound impact on interior design history and theory.
Museums
- Museo Mario Praz Rome, Palazzo Primoli
In Popular Culture
- Mentioned in Orhan Pamuk's The Museum of Innocence as 'the most magnificent writer's museum I had seen'.
Quotes
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He will come to be known to posterity... as one of the best Italian writers of his time.
Source: Edmund Wilson (1966)
Trivia
- Married Vivyan Leonora Eyles, daughter of novelist Margaret Leonora Eyles.
- One daughter, Lucia Praz (b. 1938).
- His residence in Palazzo Primoli became Museo Mario Praz.