Luigi Malerba

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Luigi Malerba
Born Luigi Bonardi
(1927-11-11)November 11, 1927
Berceto
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Rome
Occupation Novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, essayist
Nationality Italian
Period 1950s–2000s
Genre Historical novel
Literary movement Neoavanguardia
Notable works The Serpent, What Is This Buzzing? Do You Hear It Too?
Notable awards Prix Médicis étranger 1970, Viareggio Prize 1992

Luigi Malerba (November 11, 1927 – May 8, 2008), born Luigi Bonardi, was an Italian author who wrote short stories (often written with Tonino Guerra), historical novels, and screenplays, and who co-founded the Gruppo 63, based on Marxism and Structuralism. Umberto Eco said that "Malerba was defined post-modern, but that's not all true, because he is maliciously ironic, unpredictable, and ambiguous".[1] He was one of the most important exponents of the Italian literary movement called Neoavanguardia, along with Balestrini, Sanguineti, and Manganelli.

He was the first writer to win the Prix Médicis étranger in 1970. He also won the Brancati Prize in 1979, the Grinzane Cavour Prize in 1989 (with Stefano Jacomuzzi and Raffaele La Capria), the Viareggio Prize and the Feronia Prize in 1992.

Bibliography

Stories and novels

  • La scoperta dell'alfabeto (1963)
  • Il serpente (1966)
  • Salto mortale (1968, winner of Prix Médicis)
  • Il protagonista (1973)
  • Mozziconi (1975)
  • Storiette (1977)
  • Il pataffio (1978)
  • Le galline pensierose (1980)
  • Diario di un sognatore (1981)
  • Storiette tascabili (1984)
  • Il pianeta azzurro (1986)
  • Testa d'argento (1988)
  • Il fuoco greco (1990, set in the Byzantine Empire)
  • Le pietre volanti (1992)
  • Le maschere (1994)
  • Itaca per sempre (1997)
  • Pinocchio con gli stivali
  • Città e dintorni (essays, 2001)
  • Il circolo di Granada (2002)

English translations

Two of Malerba's books have been translated into English (as of July 2007). Both were translated by William Weaver and are currently out of print.

  • Il serpente as The Serpent
  • Salto mortale as What Is This Buzzing? Do You Hear It Too?

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