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Nelo Risi

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1920-04-21 （Milan）
Died
2015-09-17 （Rome） age 95
Nationality
Italy
Languages
Italian
Residence History
Milan, Italy → Paris, France → Rome, Italy

Career

Occupations
Poet, Film director, Translator, Screenwriter
Active Years
1941-2015
Affiliations
RAI

Education

University of Milan
Faculty of Medicine
Degree: 医学士
Country: Italy
Graduated in medicine

Awards

Nastro d'Argento
1960
Work: The Brothers Rosselli
Category: 短編映画監督賞
Organization: Sindacato Nazionale Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani
Result: 受賞
Nastro d'Argento
1970
Work: Diary of a Schizophrenic Girl
Category: 脚本賞
Organization: Sindacato Nazionale Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani
Result: 受賞
Viareggio Prize
1970
Work: Di certe cose che dette in versi suonano meglio che in prosa
Category: 詩集部門
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Le opere e i giorni

1941 Poetry

First poetry collection

Everyday life

L'esperienza

1948 Poetry

Second poetry collection

Experience

Di certe cose che dette in versi suonano meglio che in prosa

1970 Poetry

Viareggio Prize-winning poetry collection

Contradictions of everyday life

Andremo in città

1966 Film

Feature film

Diary of a Schizophrenic Girl

1968 Film

Nastro d'Argento for screenplay

Translations by Author

  • Translated Pierre Jean Jouve, Constantine P. Cavafy, Sophocles, Jules Laforgue and others

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Poetics of the usual
Recurring Motifs
Contradictions and mystifications of everyday lifeBasic, simple language close to diaristic style

Legacy

Italian poet and film director known for his 'poetics of the usual'.

In Popular Culture

  • Younger brother of director Dino Risi, nephew of cinematographer Fernando Risi

Trivia

  • Younger brother of Dino Risi
  • Fought on the Russian front in WWII and interned in Switzerland
  • Married to Edith Bruck