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'''Giorgio van Straten''' (born 1955) is an Italian writer and manager of arts organizations. His first novel ''Generazione'' was published in 1987. In 2000 he won four literary prizes for ''Il mio nome a memoria'', published in English as ''My Name, A Living Memory'' (2003), the story of his Jew-Dutch family from 1811 to our days. That same year he was awarded the [[Italian orders of merit|Grand Official Order of Merit of the Italian Republic]].<ref>[http://www.quirinale.it/onorificenze/DettaglioDecorato.asp?idprogressivo=73322&iddecorato=72831 Grande Ufficiale Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana – VAN STRATEN Sig. Giorgio]. Retrieved 2008-08-28.</ref>
'''Giorgio van Straten''' (born 1955) is an Italian writer and manager of arts organizations. His first novel ''Generazione'' was published in 1987. In 2000 he won four literary prizes for ''Il mio nome a memoria'', published in English as ''My Name, A Living Memory'' (2003), the story of his [[History of the Jews in the Netherlands|Jewish-Dutch]] family from 1811 to our days. That same year he was awarded the [[Italian orders of merit|Grand Official Order of Merit of the Italian Republic]].<ref>[http://www.quirinale.it/onorificenze/DettaglioDecorato.asp?idprogressivo=73322&iddecorato=72831 Grande Ufficiale Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana – Van Straten Sig. Giorgio]. Retrieved 2008-08-28.</ref>


== Writing career ==
In addition to being a novelist, he is also an editor of texts and a translator. He translated from English into Italian ''The Secret Garden'' by Frances Hodgson Burnett (Giunti, 1992),''The Call of the Wild'' by Jack London (Giunti, 1994),''The Jungle Book'' by Rudyard Kipling (Giunti, 1995) and ''The Pavilion on the dunes'' of Robert Louis Stevenson (The Unit, 1997). He is one of the directors of the Italian literary magazine ''Nuovi Argomenti''.
Van Straten translated from English into Italian ''The Secret Garden'' by Frances Hodgson Burnett (Giunti, 1992), ''The Call of the Wild'' by Jack London (Giunti, 1994), ''The Jungle Book'' by Rudyard Kipling (Giunti, 1995) and ''The Pavilion on the dunes'' of Robert Louis Stevenson (The Unit, 1997). He is one of the directors of the Italian literary magazine ''Nuovi Argomenti''.


He also wrote texts for musical theater: ''Tre voci'' for voice, string orchestra, percussion and tape, music by Giorgio Battistelli, commissioned by the Sagra Musicale Umbra (First performance: Assisi, 1996); ''Auf den Marmorklippen'' (On the Marble Cliffs), from the novel by Ernst Jünger, music by Giorgio Battistelli (First performance: National Theatre, Mannheim, 2002); ''Open Air'', music of Andrea Molino, commissioned by the Società Aquilana dei Concerti (First performance: L'Aquila, 2012); '' Here there is no why'', multimedia music theater project by Andrea Molino (first performance at the Teatro Comunale, Bologna, 2014).
For musical theatre he wrote ''Tre voci'' for voice, string orchestra, percussion and tape, music by Giorgio Battistelli, commissioned by the Sagra Musicale Umbra (First performance: Assisi, 1996); ''Auf den Marmorklippen'' (On the Marble Cliffs), from the novel by Ernst Jünger, music by Giorgio Battistelli (First performance: National Theatre, Mannheim, 2002); ''Open Air'', music of Andrea Molino, commissioned by the Società Aquilana dei Concerti (First performance: L'Aquila, 2012); '' Here there is no why'', multimedia music theatre project by Andrea Molino (first performance at the Teatro Comunale, Bologna, 2014).


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=== Books written ===
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From 1985 to 2002 van Straten was the chairman of the Orchestra della Toscana. From 1997 to 2002 he was on the Board of Directors of the [[Biennale di Venezia]] and in that same period (1998-2002), he also served as president of AGIS, the Italian association for the performing arts. From 2002 to 2005 he was general director of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. From 2005 to 2008 he managed Palazzo delle Esposizioni e Scuderie del Quirinale in Rome. From 2009 to 2012 he was on the board of directors of the [[RAI]].
Since 2015 he is the director of the Italian Cultural Institute in New York.

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==Books written==
* ''Generazione'' (1987)
* ''Generazione'' (1987)
* ''[http://lccn.loc.gov/89160889 Hai sbagliato foresta]'' (1989)
* ''[http://lccn.loc.gov/89160889 Hai sbagliato foresta]'' (1989)
* ''[http://lccn.loc.gov/94150271 Ritmi per il nostro ballo]'' (1992)
* ''[http://lccn.loc.gov/94150271 Ritmi per il nostro ballo]'' (1992)
* ''[http://lccn.loc.gov/95177272 Corruzione]'' (1995)<ref>[http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-18297888.html "Currizione."] ''[[The Economist]]'' 1996-05-18. Partially retrieved 2008-10-07.</ref>
* ''[http://lccn.loc.gov/95177272 Corruzione]'' (1995)<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121021221441/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-18297888.html "Currizione."] ''[[The Economist]]'' 1996-05-18. Partially retrieved 2008-10-07, via HighBeam.</ref>
* ''[http://lccn.loc.gov/00342828 Il mio nome a memoria]'' (2000)<ref>Margolin E: [http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-88229711.html "My Name, A Living Memory."] ''[[Forward (magazine)|Forward]]'' 31 October 2003. Partially retrieved 2008-10-07.</ref><ref>Ragusa O: [http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-73236533.html "Giorgio van Straten: Il mio nome a memoria."] ''[[World Literature (magazine)|World Literature]]'' 22 September 2000. Partially retrieved 2008-10-07.</ref>
* ''[http://lccn.loc.gov/00342828 Il mio nome a memoria]'' (2000) English translation "''My name a living memory''" <ref>Margolin E: [https://web.archive.org/web/20121021221448/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-88229711.html "My Name, A Living Memory."] ''[[Forward (magazine)|Forward]]'' 31 October 2003. Partially retrieved 2008-10-07.</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Ragusa|first=Olga|via=[[TheFreeLibrary]]|url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Il+mio+nome+a+memoria.-a073236533|title=Giorgio van Straten: Il mio nome a memoria|journal=[[World Literature Today]]|date=22 September 2000|access-date=2023-11-05|doi=10.2307/40156244|jstor=40156244}}</ref>
* ''[http://lccn.loc.gov/2003463606 L'impegno spaesato]'' (2002)
* ''[http://lccn.loc.gov/2003463606 L'impegno spaesato]'' (2002)
* ''[http://lccn.loc.gov/2008363896 La verità non serve a niente]'' (2008)
* ''[http://lccn.loc.gov/2008363896 La verità non serve a niente]'' (2008)
* ''[http://lccn.loc.gov/2013426848 Storia d'amore in tempo di guerra]'' (2014)
* ''[http://lccn.loc.gov/2013426848 Storia d'amore in tempo di guerra]'' (2014)
* ''[http://lccn.loc.gov/ Storie di libri perduti]'' (2016) English translation "''In search of lost books''" (Pushkin Press, 2017)
* ''Una disperata vitalità'' (2022)

== Management career ==
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From 1985 to 2002 van Straten was the chairman of the [[Orchestra]] della Toscana. From 1997 to 2002 he was on the board of directors of the [[Biennale di Venezia]] and from 1998 to 2002 he also served as president of AGIS, the Italian Association for the Performing Arts.

From 2002 to 2005, Van Straten was the general director of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. From 2005 to 2008 he managed Palazzo delle Esposizioni e Scuderie del Quirinale in Rome. From 2009 to 2012 he was on the board of directors of the [[RAI]]. From 2015 to 2019 he was the director of the Italian Cultural Institute in New York.

Since 2020 he is the President of FAF Toscana – Fondazione Alinari per la Fotografia.


==Honors and awards==
==Honours and awards==
* Il Ceppo Prize (1989)
* Il Ceppo Prize (1989)
* Castiglioncello Prize (1995)
* Castiglioncello Prize (1995)
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* Procida-Isola di Arturo-Elsa Morante Prize (2000)
* Procida-Isola di Arturo-Elsa Morante Prize (2000)
* [[Viareggio Prize]] (2000)
* [[Viareggio Prize]] (2000)
* [[Zerilli-Marimò Prize for Italian Fiction]] (2000)<ref>[http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-79375975.html "NYU's Zerilli-Marimo Prize for Italian Fiction Awarded to Giorgio Van Straten for Il Mio Nome a Memoria."] ''The Italian Voice'' 26 October 2000. Partially retrieved 2008-10-07.</ref>
* [[Zerilli-Marimò Prize for Italian Fiction]] (2000)<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121021091344/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-79375975.html "NYU's Zerilli-Marimo Prize for Italian Fiction Awarded to Giorgio Van Straten for Il Mio Nome a Memoria."] ''The Italian Voice'' 26 October 2000. Partially retrieved 2008-10-07.</ref>
* [[Giacomo Matteotti]] Prize (2015)


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.festivaletteratura.it/en/archivio/schedaautore.php?autid=325 Giorgio van Straten] at Festivalleteratura
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071021065625/http://www.festivaletteratura.it/en/archivio/schedaautore.php?autid=325 Giorgio van Straten] at Festivalleteratura
* [https://www.jstor.org/stable/26150704?read-now=1&seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents] Giorgio van Straten, in Andrea Kerbaker, Belfagor (Casa Editrice Leo S. Olschki ), Vol. 63, No. 4 (31 luglio 2008), pp.&nbsp;431–446


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Latest revision as of 08:07, 1 April 2024

Giorgio van Straten
Born1955
Florence, Italy
OccupationNovelist, librettist, playwright, editor, translator, critic, manager
Genrefiction
Notable worksIl mio nome a memoria
(My Name, A Living Memory)
Notable awardsGrand Official Order of Merit of the Republic, Viareggio Prize, Zerilli-Marimò Prize for Italian Fiction
RelativesLouis Fles, Barthold Fles
George Fles, Michael Fles
Bart Berman, Helen Berman, Thijs Berman

Giorgio van Straten (born 1955) is an Italian writer and manager of arts organizations. His first novel Generazione was published in 1987. In 2000 he won four literary prizes for Il mio nome a memoria, published in English as My Name, A Living Memory (2003), the story of his Jewish-Dutch family from 1811 to our days. That same year he was awarded the Grand Official Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.[1]

Writing career[edit]

Van Straten translated from English into Italian The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett (Giunti, 1992), The Call of the Wild by Jack London (Giunti, 1994), The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling (Giunti, 1995) and The Pavilion on the dunes of Robert Louis Stevenson (The Unit, 1997). He is one of the directors of the Italian literary magazine Nuovi Argomenti.

For musical theatre he wrote Tre voci for voice, string orchestra, percussion and tape, music by Giorgio Battistelli, commissioned by the Sagra Musicale Umbra (First performance: Assisi, 1996); Auf den Marmorklippen (On the Marble Cliffs), from the novel by Ernst Jünger, music by Giorgio Battistelli (First performance: National Theatre, Mannheim, 2002); Open Air, music of Andrea Molino, commissioned by the Società Aquilana dei Concerti (First performance: L'Aquila, 2012); Here there is no why, multimedia music theatre project by Andrea Molino (first performance at the Teatro Comunale, Bologna, 2014).

Books written[edit]

Management career[edit]

From 1985 to 2002 van Straten was the chairman of the Orchestra della Toscana. From 1997 to 2002 he was on the board of directors of the Biennale di Venezia and from 1998 to 2002 he also served as president of AGIS, the Italian Association for the Performing Arts.

From 2002 to 2005, Van Straten was the general director of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. From 2005 to 2008 he managed Palazzo delle Esposizioni e Scuderie del Quirinale in Rome. From 2009 to 2012 he was on the board of directors of the RAI. From 2015 to 2019 he was the director of the Italian Cultural Institute in New York.

Since 2020 he is the President of FAF Toscana – Fondazione Alinari per la Fotografia.

Honours and awards[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Grande Ufficiale Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana – Van Straten Sig. Giorgio. Retrieved 2008-08-28.
  2. ^ "Currizione." The Economist 1996-05-18. Partially retrieved 2008-10-07, via HighBeam.
  3. ^ Margolin E: "My Name, A Living Memory." Forward 31 October 2003. Partially retrieved 2008-10-07.
  4. ^ Ragusa, Olga (22 September 2000). "Giorgio van Straten: Il mio nome a memoria". World Literature Today. doi:10.2307/40156244. JSTOR 40156244. Retrieved 5 November 2023 – via TheFreeLibrary.
  5. ^ "NYU's Zerilli-Marimo Prize for Italian Fiction Awarded to Giorgio Van Straten for Il Mio Nome a Memoria." The Italian Voice 26 October 2000. Partially retrieved 2008-10-07.

External links[edit]

  • Giorgio van Straten at Festivalleteratura
  • [1] Giorgio van Straten, in Andrea Kerbaker, Belfagor (Casa Editrice Leo S. Olschki ), Vol. 63, No. 4 (31 luglio 2008), pp. 431–446
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