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Riccardo Bacchelli

リッカルド・バッケッリ

Rikkarudo Bakkeri

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1891-04-19 (Bologna)
Died
1985-10-08 (Monza) age 94
Nationality
Italian
Languages
Italian
Residence History
Bologna

Career

Occupations
Novelist, playwright, essayist
Active Years
1911-1985
Affiliations
Royal Academy of Italy
Memberships
Editorial board of La Ronda
Influenced By
Alessandro Manzoni
Nominations
Nobel Prize in Literature (nominated 8 times)

Education

University of Bologna
Faculty of Literature
Country: Italy
Studied literature under Giovanni Pascoli but did not take his degree.

Awards

Bagutta Prize
1927
Category: literature
Result: 受賞
Viareggio Prize
1936
Result: 受賞
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
1971
Organization: Presidency of the Italian Republic
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Il mulino del Po

1938 Historical novel 2000 pages

A three-volume historical novel spanning a century in the life of a rural family on the Po River from the Napoleonic era to World War I, focusing on Lazzaro Scacerni and his descendants amid political turmoil, wars, and social conflicts.

Family sagaPolitical turmoilRural lifeClass conflict
Adaptations
  • [Film] (1949)

Lo sa il tonno

1923 Historical novel

Il diavolo al Pontelungo

1927 Historical novel

Il filo meraviglioso di Lodovico Clò

1911 Novel

First novel.

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Manzoni-like blend of fact and inventionCombination of popular, literary, and erudite strandsConstantly reshaping style
Recurring Motifs
Historical backgroundsRural Italian lifeSocial changes

Legacy

Recognized as a major Italian literary figure, highly regarded for his historical novels. Nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature eight times.

Trivia

  • One of the founders of the review La Ronda in 1927.
  • Served as an artillery officer in World War I.