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Edition 28 (1957) Winner
Pier Paolo Pasolini
ピエル・パオロ・パゾリーニ
Piero Paoro Pazorīni
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1922-03-05 （Bologna）
- Died
- 1975-11-02 （Ostia） age 53
- Nationality
- Italian
- Languages
- Italian, Friulian
- Religion
- Atheism
- Residence History
- Bologna → Conegliano → Belluno → Casarsa della Delizia → Idria → Cremona → Scandiano → Reggio Emilia → Rome
Career
- Occupations
- Film director, Novelist, Poet, Playwright, Journalist
- Active Years
- 1942-1975
- Memberships
- Italian Communist Party (PCI, later expelled)
- Influenced By
- Arthur Rimbaud, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Leo Tolstoy
- Influenced
- Federico Fellini, Bernardo Bertolucci
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Bologna | — | Literature College | — | 1939-1945 | Italy |
University of Bologna
Literature College
Period:
1939-1945
Year of Graduation:
1945
Country:
Italy
Thesis on Giovanni Pascoli completed
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Silver Lion | The Gospel According to St. Matthew | — | Venice Film Festival | 受賞 |
| 1972 | Golden Bear | The Canterbury Tales | — | Berlin International Film Festival | 受賞 |
| 1974 | Grand Prix Spécial | Arabian Nights | — | Cannes Film Festival | 受賞 |
Silver Lion
1964
Work:
The Gospel According to St. Matthew
Organization:
Venice Film Festival
Result:
受賞
Golden Bear
1972
Work:
The Canterbury Tales
Organization:
Berlin International Film Festival
Result:
受賞
Grand Prix Spécial
1974
Work:
Arabian Nights
Organization:
Cannes Film Festival
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Crotone Prize (Premio Crotone)
1 appearances
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Edition 4 (1959) Winner
Works
Major Works
Ragazzi di vita
1955 NovelDepicts the lives of Roman lumpenproletariat youth
PovertyHomosexualityMarxism
Accattone
1961 FilmStory of pimps, prostitutes, and thieves in Rome
NeorealismSocial exclusion
The Gospel According to St. Matthew
1964 FilmFilm based on the Gospel of Matthew
ChristianityPoverty
Bibliography
- Poesie a Casarsa
- Ragazzi di vita
- Le ceneri di Gramsci
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Poetic realismFriulian languageDialects
- Recurring Motifs
- BodySexClass struggleLoss of traditional culture
Legacy
One of 20th-century Italy's defining public intellectuals, influential in literature, film, and politics. Murder remains unsolved
Archives
- Casa Colussi-Pasolini in Casarsa
In Popular Culture
- Abel Ferrara's Pasolini (2014)
Quotes
-
You have the faces of daddy's boys. I sympathize with the police, they are children of the poor
Source: Il PCI ai giovani (1968)
Trivia
- Openly gay
- Brother killed by partisans
- Multiple film festival awards