Antonio Porta (writer)
Leo Paolazzi (born November 9, 1935 in Vicenza , Veneto , † April 12, 1989 in Rome , Latium ) became known as an Italian writer and poet under the pseudonym Antonio Porta . He is one of the founders of the literary movement Gruppo 63 .
Life
Antonio Porta was born Leo Paolazzi in Vicenza in 1935. In 1958 he began to write for the literary magazine il verri by Luciano Anceschi . During this time he also wrote some poems that appeared in the 1969 anthology I novissimi alongside works by Elio Pagliarani , Edoardo Sanguineti , Alfredo Giuliani and Nanni Balestrini .
Gruppo 63
From his experience with il verri he began to collaborate with the avant-garde Italian literary movement Gruppo 63 . When the group was founded, he also took part in their meetings in Palermo , Reggio nell'Emilia , La Sapienza and Fano .
From 1963 to 1967 Porta was co-editor of the Malebenue magazine in Reggio nell'Emilia . During this time he also took part in literary and art exhibitions in Padua , Rome , Milan and London . His work Zero from 1963 is arguably the one most associated with this period.
Later career
He wrote literary reviews for prestigious Italian newspapers such as Il Corriere della Sera and Il Giorno, and also worked with Tuttolibri , Panorama and L'Europeo . He also published in the monthly magazines Alfabeta and La Gola , which he also directed.
From 1982 to 1988 he taught at the universities in Chieti , later at Yale University , the University of Pavia , the Sapienza University of Rome and the University of Bologna .
Works
- Calendario , Schwartz, Milan, 1956, (as Leo Paolazzi)
- La palpebra rovesciata , Azimuth, Milan, 1960
- I novissimi , il verri edition, Milan, 1961
- Zero , numbered edition, in proprio, Milan, 1963
- Aprire , poems, Scheiwiller Editore , Milan, 1964
- I rapporti , poems, Feltrinelli Editore, Milan, 1966
- Partita , novella, Feltrinelli Editore, Milan, 1967
- Cara , poems, Feltrinelli Editore, Milan, 1969
- Metropolis , poems, Feltrinelli Editore, Milan, 1971 (finalist at the Premio Viareggio ).
- Week-end , poems, Cooperativa Scrittori Editrice, Rome 1974
- La presa di potere di Ivan lo sciocco , play, Einaudi Editore , Turin , 1974
- Quanto ho da dirvi , collection of his poems from 1958 to 1975, Feltrinelli Editore, Milan, 1977
- Il re del magazzino , novella, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore , Milan, 1978
- Pin Pidìn , poems for children (with Giovanni Raboni ), Feltrinelli Editore, Milan, 1978.
- Passi passaggi , poems, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, Milan, 1980 (won the "Val di Comino" prize, finalist in the Premio D'Annunzio )
- Se fosse tutto un tradimento , short story, Guanda Editore , Milan, 1981
- L'aria della fine , poems, Lunarionuovo, Catania , 1982 (winner of the Premio Gandovere - Franciacorta )
- Emilio , short poems for children, Emme Edizioni, Milan, 1982
- La poesia che dice no , Movie made for TV (RAI, Rai Tre , directed by Gianni Jannelli ) La Spezia, 1983
- Invasioni , poems, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, Milan, 1984 (winner of the Premio Viareggio and the Premio Città di Latina )
- Nel fare poesia , anthology with an introduction, Sansoni, Florence, 1985
- La stangata persiana , play, Corpo 10, Milan, 1985
- La festa del cavallo , play, Corpo 10, Milan, 1986
- Melusina, una ballata e diario , Crocetti Editore , Milan, 1987
- Il giardiniere contro il becchino , Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, Milan, 1988 (winner of the Premio Carducci , the Premio Acireale and the Premio Stefanile )
- Partorire in chiesa , short story, Libri Scheiwiller, Milan, 1990
- Il Progetto Infinito , edited by Giovanni Raboni, Quaderni Pier Paolo Pasolini, Rome, 1991 (distributed by Garzanti)
- Los (t) angeles , unpublished novella, Vallecchi Editore, Florence, 1996
- Poetry 1956-1988 , edited by Niva Lorenzini, Oscar Mondadori , Milan, 1998
- Yellow , unpublished poems, edited posthumously by Niva Lorenzini, Mondadori, Milan, 2002
- Tutte le poesie (1956-1989) , a cura di Niva Lorenzini, Garzanti, Milano, 2009
- La scomparsa del corpo , tutti i racconti, Manni Editori , Lecce, 2010
- Piercing the Page: Selected Poems 1958-1989 , Edited with an introduction by Gian Maria Annovi and an essay by Umberto Eco , Otis - Seismicity, Los Angeles, 2012
literature
- Manfred Lentzen: Italian poetry of the 20th century. From the avant-garde of the first decades to a new inwardness. Analecta Romanica series, issue 53. Klostermann, Frankfurt a. M. 1994, ISBN 3-465-02654-3 , pp. 303-312.
Web links
- Literature by and about Antonio Porta in the catalog of the German National Library
- Information from the city of Bologna about an exhibition on Antonio Porta
- Piercing the Page [1]
- Pòrta, Antonio. In: Enciclopedie on line. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Porta, Antonio |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Paolazzi, Leo (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 9, 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vicenza , Veneto |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 12, 1989 |
| Place of death | Rome , Lazio |