Corrado Govoni

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Corrado Govoni (born October 29, 1884 in Copparo , Province of Ferrara , † October 20, 1965 in Anzio ) was an Italian writer of Futurism .

Life

Govoni came from a peasant family and began studying the writings of Gabriele D'Annunzio and the French symbolists at a very early age . In 1903 he published his first verses and, after moving to Rome, from 1904 onwards he participated in the avant-garde circles of the Crepuscolari around Sergio Corazzini , on whose publications he collaborated. After 1910 he joined the Futurists, where he mainly dealt with the parole in libertà , the freely arranged words and word fragments. In 1914 Govoni came to Ferrara via Milan , where he worked in the public sector. The war saw him on the front line; after the war he turned to prose and distanced himself both in style and personally from Marinetti and the Futurists. He remained an extremely prolific writer until his death in 1965.

literature

  • Ingo Bartsch, Maurizio Scudiero (Ed.): “... we machines too, we also mechanized! … “The second phase of Italian futurism 1915–1945. Bielefeld 2002, ISBN 3-933040-81-7 .
  • Maurizio Calvesi: Futurism. Munich 1975.
  • Evelyn Benesch, Ingried Brugger: Futurism. Radical avant-garde. Milan 2003.
  • Caroline Tisdall, Angelo Bozzola: Futurism. London 2000, ISBN 0-500-20159-5 .
  • Christa Baumgarth: History of Futurism. Reinbek near Hamburg 1966.
  • Evelyn Benesch, Ingried Brugger: Futurism - Radical Avant-garde. Exhibition catalog. Milan 2003, ISBN 88-202-1602-7 .
  • Hansgeorg Schmidt-Bergmann : Futurism - History, Aesthetics, Documents. Reinbek near Hamburg 1993, ISBN 3-499-55535-2 .
personal data
SURNAME Govoni, Corrado
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian writer of futurism
DATE OF BIRTH October 29, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH Copparo , Ferrara Province
DATE OF DEATH October 20, 1965
Place of death Anzio