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Ivan Della Mea (born Luigi Della Mea, 16 October 1940 – 14 June 2009) was an Italian novelist, journalist, singer-songwriter and political activist. His family name was "Della Mea"


Biography

Born in
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, his family moved to
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when he was a child. He worked in a factory, but eventually started to work at a small newspaper, ''Stasera''. In 1956 he joined the
Italian Communist Party The Italian Communist Party ( it, Partito Comunista Italiano, PCI) was a communist political party in Italy. The PCI was founded as ''Communist Party of Italy'' on 21 January 1921 in Livorno by seceding from the Italian Socialist Party (PSI). ...
(PCI). He started his career as a singer and songwriter in
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dialect the same year. In the 1960s, he belonged to the Italian ''Nuova canzone politica'' and became active in the magazine Nuovo Canzoniere Italiano. As a writer he started publishing some works in the 1980s/1990s, including three novels, and as a journalist. With his brother, Luciano, he wrote for '' Il Grandevetro'', and worked at ''
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'' and '' Liberazione''. His brother was political activist Luciano Della Mea (1924–2003).


Discography


Albums

* Io so che un giorno (1966, LP) * Il rosso è diventato giallo (1979, LP) * La balorda (1972, LP) * Se qualcuno ti fa morto (1972, LP) * Ringhera (1974, LP) * Fiaba grande (1975, LP) * La piccola ragione di allegria (1978, LP) * Sudadio giudabestia (1979, LP) * Sudadio giudabestia 2 (1980, LP) * Karlett (1983, LP) * Ho male all'orologio (1997, CD) * La cantagranda forse walzer (2000, CD)


EP and 45 rpm

* Ballate della violenza (1962, EP) * Ho letto sul giornale (1964, EP) * La mia vita ormai (1965, EP) * O cara moglie/Io ti chiedo di fare all'amore (1966, 45 rpm) * Ciò che voi non-dite/La linea rossa (1967, 45 rpm, with G.Marini) * La nave dei folli (EP, 1972)


Literature

Works of Ivan Della Mea: *''Il sasso dentro'' (1990; ''Interno Giallo'' editions) *''Se nasco un'altra volta ci rinuncio'' (1992; ''Interno Giallo'' editions) *''Sveglia sul buio'' (1997; ''Est'' editions)


External links

*
A tribute
from the Resistance Archives
Infos on ildeposito.org
{{DEFAULTSORT:Della Mea, Ivan 1940 births 2009 deaths Italian communists Italian male singer-songwriters Italian folk singers Italian male writers Writers from Lucca Musicians from Lucca Singers from Milan 20th-century Italian male singers Politicians from Lucca