Raffaele La Capria (3 October 1922 – 26 June 2022) was an Italian novelist and screenwriter.
His second novel, ''
The Mortal Wound
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'' (''Ferito a morte''), won Italy's most prestigious award, the Strega Prize, and is today considered a classic of Italian literature. Sandro Veronesi referred to it as "the best Italian novel of all time".
Biography
La Capria was born in Naples, where he was to spend the formative years of his life. There he graduated in law, before staying in France, England, and the United States and then settling in Rome. He contributed to the cultural pages of the ''
Corriere della Sera
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First published on 5 March 1876, ''Corriere della Sera'' is one of It ...
'' and was co-director of the literary journal '' Nuovi Argomenti''. A particular interest was English poetry of the 1930s: as well as writing numerous articles he translated works including
T. S. Eliot
Thomas Stearns Eliot (26 September 18884 January 1965) was a poet, essayist, publisher, playwright, literary critic and editor.Bush, Ronald. "T. S. Eliot's Life and Career", in John A Garraty and Mark C. Carnes (eds), ''American National Biogr ...
's '' Four Quartets''. In the 1950s he wrote and produced a number of radio programmes for RAI on foreign contemporary drama. In 1957 La Capria was invited to participate in the International Seminar of Literature at Harvard University. In 1961 his novel ''Ferito a morte'' won the prestigious Premio Strega.
La Capria worked as co-scriptwriter on a number of Francesco Rosi's films, including ''
Le mani sulla città
''Hands over the City'' ( it, Le mani sulla città) is a 1963 drama film directed by Francesco Rosi. It is a story of political corruption in post- World War II Italy.
Plot
A ruthless Neapolitan land developer and elected city councilman, Ed ...
'' (1963), ''
Uomini contro
''Many Wars Ago'' ( it, Uomini contro, lit=Men Against) is a 1970 anti-war film set on the Alpine Front of the First World War. Directed, produced, and co-written by Francesco Rosi, the film is based on Emilio Lussu's memoir ''Un anno sull'al ...
'' (1970), and ''
Cristo si è fermato a Eboli
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'' (1979). In September 2001 he received a Premio Campiello lifetime achievement award and in 2005 ''L'estro quotidiano'' was selected as the winner of the Viareggio Prize for fiction.
La Capria was the widower of the actress
Un giorno d'impazienza
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'', Milano-Roma, Bompiani, 1952; 1976.
**(EN) ''A Day of impatience'' / ''First Affair'', translated by William Weaver, Signet Books – New American Library, New York, 1955
* '' Ferito a morte'', Milano, Bompiani, 1961. ( Premio Strega)
**(EN) ''The Mortal Wound'', translated by
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* Marguerite (given name), including a list of people with the name
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*Marguerite, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community
*Marguerite Bay, Antarctic Peninsula
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...
, Farrar, Straus And Company, 1964.
* ''La finestra. Sceneggiatura televisiva'', con Mario Soldati, in "Sipario", a. 18, n. 202, 1963, p. 59–69.
* '' Amore e psiche'', Milano, Bompiani, 1973. ( Premio Campiello)
* '' Colapesce. Favola italiana'', raccontata da, Milano, A. Mondadori, 1974.
* ''
False partenze
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*M ...
. Frammenti per una biografia letteraria'', Milano, Bompiani, 1974.
* '' Variazioni sopra una nota sola'', Roma, Cooperativa scrittori, 1977.
* ''
Fiori giapponesi Fiori may refer to:
*Fiori (pasta), a decorative shape of extruded pasta
*Fiori (surname), various people with the surname
* Fiori musicali, a collection of liturgical organ music by Girolamo Frescobaldi, first published in 1635
*Campo de' Fiori, a ...
'', Milano, Bompiani, 1978.
* ''In Lucania con Carlo Levi'', con
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a ''Il re ferito'' un prologo e due tempi di Damiano Damiani
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* ''
L'armonia perduta
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'', Milano, A. Mondadori, 1986. (
Premio Napoli
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The Foundatio ...
)
* ''
Una visita alla centrale nucleare
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Places
* 160 Una, the asteroid "Una", an asteroid named after the Faerie Queene character
* Una River (disambiguation), numerous rivers
* Una, Himachal Pradesh, a town in India
** Una, Himachal Pradesh Assembly constitu ...
'', con un'acquaforte di
Franco Bassignani
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* Francisco Franco (1892–1975), Spanish general and dictator of Spain from 1939 to 1975
* Franco Luambo (1938–1989), Congolese musician, the "Grand Maître"
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Alfonso Berardinelli
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, Milano, A. Mondadori, 1990. .
* ''
Capri e non più Capri
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'', Milano, A. Mondadori, 1991. , (Premio Nazionale Rhegium Julii ).
**(EN) ''Capri and No Longer Capri'', Thunder's Mouth Press, United States, 2017.
* '' L'occhio di Napoli'', Milano, A. Mondadori, 1994. . (Premio Società dei Lettori, Lucca-Roma)
* ''Conversazione con Raffaele La Capria. Letteratura e sentimento del tempo'', con Paola Gaglianone, saggio critico di
Raffaele Manica Raffaele () is an Italian given name and surname, variant of the English Raphael. Notable people with the name include:
Given name
*Raffaele Amato, Italian mobster
* Raffaele Cutolo, Italian mobster
*Raffaele Ganci, Italian mobster
*Raffaele Cant ...
La mosca nella bottiglia
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La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment Music
* La (musical note), or A, the sixth note
* "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figure ...
. Elogio del senso comune'', Milano, Rizzoli, 1996. .
* '' Il sentimento della letteratura'', Milano, Mondadori, 1997. .
* ''Campania. Immagini del XIX secolo dagli archivi Alinari'', Firenze, Alinari, 1997. .
* ''
Napolitan graffiti Napolitan may refer to:
* Naporitan or Napolitan, a pasta dish popular in Japan
* Neapolitan (disambiguation), various meanings pertaining to the city or region of Naples (Napoli) in Italy
Persons
*Joseph Napolitan (1929–2013), American politic ...
Raffaele Manica Raffaele () is an Italian given name and surname, variant of the English Raphael. Notable people with the name include:
Given name
*Raffaele Amato, Italian mobster
* Raffaele Cutolo, Italian mobster
*Raffaele Ganci, Italian mobster
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, con un omaggio di
Alfonso Berardinelli
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, Roma, minimum fax, 2002. .
* '' Me visto da lui stesso. Interviste 1970–2001 sul mestiere di scrivere'', a cura di
Silvio Perrella
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People
* Silvio Berlusconi (born 1936), Ita ...
, Lecce, Manni, 2002. .
* '' Guappo e altri animali'', disegni di Giosetta Fioroni, Lugo, Associazione Culturale Il Bradipo, 2003.
* ''Opere'', a cura e con un saggio introduttivo di
Silvio Perrella
Silvio () is an Italian male name, the male equivalent of Silvia. Sílvio is a variant of the name in Portuguese. It is derived from the Latin "Silvius", meaning "spirit of the wood," and may refer to:
People
* Silvio Berlusconi (born 1936), Ita ...
, Milano, A. Mondadori, 2003. . [contiene ''False partenze'' (scelta) – ''Tre romanzi di una giornata''; ''Colapesce''; ''Fiori giapponesi''; ''La neve del Vesuvio''; ''L'armonia perduta''; ''Capri e non più Capri'' (scelta); ''Ultimi viaggi nell'Italia perduta'' (scelta); ''L'occhio di Napoli'' (scelta); ''Letteratura e salti mortali''; ''Il sentimento della letteratura''; ''La mosca nella bottiglia''; ''Lo stile dell'anatra'']; nuova ed. rivista e accresciuta in due tomi, Milano, A. Mondadori, 2014. . [Contiene: ''False partenze''; ''Il mito della bella giornata''; ''Roma''; ''Altre false partenze''; ''I ritorni a Napoli''; ''Fiori giapponesi''; ''Letteratura, senso comune e passione civile''; ''L'amorosa inchiesta''; ''Esercizi superficiali''; ''Me visto da lui stesso'']
* ''Palazzo Donn'Anna. La memoria immaginativa'', Napoli, Electa Napoli, 2004. .
* ''Positano in prosa'', con Riccardo Bacchelli e
Carlo Knight Carlo is a given name. It is an Italian form of Charles. It can refer to:
*Carlo (name)
* Monte Carlo
*Carlingford, New South Wales, a suburb in north-west Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
*A satirical song written by Dafydd Iwan about Prince Cha ...
, Napoli, Guida, 2004. .
* ''
Caro Goffredo
Caro may refer to: Places
* Caro, Michigan, United States
* Caro, Morbihan, France
* Çaro, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France
Other uses
* Caro (given name), including a list of people with the given name
* Caro (surname), including a list o ...
. Dedicato a Goffredo Parise'', Roma, minimum fax, 2005. .
* '' L'estro quotidiano'', Milano, Mondadori, 2005. . ( Premio Viareggio)
* ''Racconti. Passeggiata con clementina. Ultima passeggiata con Guappo'', disegni di
Lucio del Pezzo
Lucio Del Pezzo (13 December 1933 - 12 April 2020) was an Italian artist, painter and sculptor.
Biography
Del Pezzo was born on December 13, 1933, in Naples. In 1960, he moved to Paris, then to Milan, where he held several solo exhibitions. In ...
4 storie d'amore
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In mathematics
Four is the smalles ...
America 1957, a sentimental journey
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'', Roma, Nottetempo, 2009. .
* ''
Un amore al tempo della Dolce Vita
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'', Roma, Nottetempo, 2009. .
* ''Napoli'', Milano, Oscar Mondadori, 2009. . ontiene ''L'armonia perduta''; ''L'occhio di Napoli''; ''Napolitan graffiti''/small>
* '' Confidenziale. Lettere dagli amici'', Padova, Il notes magico, 2011. .
* '' Quando la mattina scendevo in piazzetta'', Capri, La Conchiglia, 2011. .
* ''La nostalgia della bellezza'', Milano, Pagine d'arte, 2011. . rani scelti da ''La mosca nella bottiglia''* '' Esercizi superficiali. Nuotando in superficie'', Milano, Mondadori, 2012. .
* ''Doppio misto'', Milano, Mondadori, 2012. .
* ''La lezione del canarino'', Milano, Il Sole 24 Ore, 2012. [contiene: ''Il peccato originale''; La farfalla''; La civettina''; Il gufo reale''; Il ciuchino''; Una visita allo zoo''; Il gabbiano''; ''Il granchio''; ''Il polpo''; ''Gli avvoltoi''; ''Cartoni animati''; ''Il gatto''; ''Lo scoiattolo''; ''La bassotta''; ''L'ultima passeggiata con Guappo''; ''Caro Guappo''; ''Il pavone''; ''La lezione del canarino'']
* ''Capri. L'isola il cui nome è iscritto nel mio'', con Lorenzo Capellini, Argelato, Minerva, 2012. .
* ''Novant'anni d'impazienza. Un'autobiografia letteraria'', Roma, minimum fax, 2013. .
* ''Umori e malumori. Diario 2012–2013'', Roma, Nottetempo, 2013. .
* ''
La bellezza di Roma
LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States.
La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment Music
* La (musical note), or A, the sixth note
* "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figure ...
'', Milano, Mondadori, 2014. .
* ''Introduzione a me stesso'', Roma, Elliot, 2014. .
* ''Il guarracino che andava per mare'', con un'opera di
Massimo Nota
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Given name:
*Massimo Agostinelli (Max Agos) (born 1987), Swiss based Italian American artist, entrepreneur and activist
*Massimo Ago ...
e una nota di Silvio Perrella, Napoli, ilfilodipartenope, 2014.
* ''Storia di un'amicizia tra uno scrittore e un lettore. Lettere 1995–2001'', con Beppe Agosti, Milano, Archinto, 2014. .
* ''Al bar'', con Umberto Silva, Roma, Nottetempo, 2015. .
* ''Ai dolci amici addio'', Roma, Nottetempo, 2016. .
* ''Interviste con alieni'', Salò, Damiani, 2016. .
* ''L'isola il cui nome è iscritto nel mio '', Argelato, Minerva, 2016. .
* ''Il fallimento della consapevolezza'', Milano, Mondadori, 2018. .
* ''Di terra e mare'', con Silvio Perrella, Bari-Roma, Laterza, 2018. .
* ''La vita salvata. Conversazioni con Giovanna Stanzione'', Milano, Mondadori, 2020. .