Alberto Nessi
Alberto Nessi (born November 19, 1940 in Mendrisio , Canton Ticino ) is an Italian-speaking Swiss writer . His oeuvre includes poetry , prose and essays .
Life
Nessi comes from a humble background. His father died when he was fifteen. He was the first in the family to receive a higher education. He grew up in Chiasso , attended the teachers' seminar in Locarno , studied philosophy and literature at the University of Freiburg and was a teacher of Italian literature in Mendrisio for several years .
In addition to his teaching activities, Nessi also wrote for various newspapers in Ticino. He wrote radio plays and worked on television films for radio and television in Italian-speaking Switzerland . He was also active in the Ticino section of the Olten group , from its foundation until its dissolution in 2002.
Alberto Nessi made his debut in 1969 with the poetry collection I giorni feriali (The Days of the Week) . His first volume of short stories Terra matta was published in 1983 (first!) In German by Limmat-Verlag in Zurich . He is editor of the anthology of texts from Italian-speaking Switzerland Rabbia di vento (1986), which has also been translated into French ( Le Pays oublié ) and German ( border area ). In 2002 he was invited to the Medellín International Poetry Festival . In 2003 he received the Prix Littéraire Lipp Suisse for his short book Fiori d'ombra , and in 2016 he was awarded the Swiss Grand Prix for Literature . His archive is located in the Swiss Literature Archive in Bern .
Nessi is married and the father of the daughters Antonia and Vita. He lives and writes as a freelance writer in Bruzella in the Mendrisio region.
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Poetry
- I giorni feriali , Pantarei, Lugano 1969; Casagrande, Lugano 1988
- Ai margini , Collana di Lugano, Lugano 1975; Casagrande, Lugano 1988
- Rasoterra , Casagrande, Bellinzona 1983
- Il colore della malva , poetry, illustrations by Pino Sacchi , Casagrande, Bellinzona 1992
- Massimo Cavalli. Una ruvida grazia , Masoero, Torino 1995
- Blu cobalto con cenere , poetry, foreword by Maurizio Cucchi , Casagrande, Bellinzona 2000
- Iris viola , Lietocolle, Faloppio 2004
- Ode di gennaio , Alla chiara fonte, Lugano 2005
- Ladro di minuzie. Poetry scelte , Casagrande, Bellinzona 2010
- Un sabato senza dolore , poetry, with a foreword by Fabio Pusterla , Interlineqa, Novara 2016, ISBN 978-88-6857-109-2
prose
- Terra matta . Foreword by Pio Fontana , illustrations by Renzo Ferrari . Dadò, Locarno 1985
- Tutti discendono , Casagrande, Bellinzona 1989
- Fiori d'ombra. Racconti , Casagrande, Bellinzona 1997
- La Lirica , Casagrande, Bellinzona 1998
- La prossima settimana, forse , Casagrande, Bellinzona 2008
- Milo . Racconti, Casagrande, Bellinzona 2014
Essays
- Un'estate
- La conquista del Messico
- Fermare il tempo , in: Il Ticino ei suoi fotografi / Ticino and its photographers
- Tracce di un percorso , in: I poeti della Svizzera italiana nell'ultimo ventennio (1969–1989)
- L'uomo e la bambina
- Passeri
- Saltamartina
- In cerca della luce
- Memoria e desiderio , in: Le processioni storiche di Mendrisio
- On the other side of the wall , in: Swiss, made. Switzerland in exchange with the world
- Where is the poem going , in: Where is the poem going
In German translation
- Terra matta. Three stories , German by Karin Reiner , Limmat Verlag , Zurich 1983; New edition 2005, ISBN 978-3-85791-494-2
- Abendzug , German by Regula Kühne , Limmat, Zurich 1991, ISBN 3-85791-187-5
- With tender madness / Contenera follia , Selected Poems, German by Maja Pflug , Limmat, Zurich 1995, ISBN 978-3-85791-239-9
- Die Wohnwagenfrau , German by Maja Pflug, Limmat, Zurich 1998, ISBN 3-85791-317-7
- Shadow blossoms , stories, German by Maja Pflug, Limmat, Zurich 2000, ISBN 3-85791-351-7
- Next week, maybe , novel, German by Maja Pflug, Limmat, Zurich 2009, ISBN 978-3-85791-578-9
- Miló , short stories, German by Maja Pflug, Limmat, Zurich 2016, ISBN 978-3-85791-786-8
bibliography
- Angela Mollisi and others: Alberto Nessi. In: Arte & Storia. Volume 15, number 65, Edizioni Ticino Management, Lugano 2015, pp. 64–65.
Web links
- Publications by and about Alberto Nessi in the Helveticat catalog of the Swiss National Library
- Entry about Alberto Nessi in the lexicon of the Association of Authors of Switzerland
- Alberto Nessi archive in the HelveticArchives archive database of the Swiss National Library
- Alberto Nessi on YouTube
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Alberto Nessi: Shining dust. How do you become a writer? A biographical report from Ticino , NZZ online July 20, 2014 / print edition July 19, 2014, p. 25
- ↑ a b c Alberto Nessi on AN | sich | TEN SRF Swiss literature (Sichten.srf.ch)
- ↑ a b c Nessi, Alberto: Archivio Alberto Nessi on EAD inventories in the Swiss Literary Archives (ead.nb.admin.ch)
- ↑ sda / NZZ ( Memento from May 28, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) online October 7, 2003
- ↑ Alberto Nessi: On the way between Zagreb and Jasenovac: The flower of futile hope , NZZ online, March 5, 2015
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nessi, Alberto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 19, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mendrisio , Switzerland |