Edwin Cerio
Edwin Cerio (born June 28, 1875 on Capri ; † January 24, 1960 ibid) was an Italian writer , architect and shipbuilder.
Life
Edwin Cerio's mother was English, the father Ignazio Cerio was a doctor and naturalist. Edwin Cerio had two doctorates (shipbuilding and mechanical engineering) and was a project engineer for the construction of warships at the Krupp Germania shipyard in Kiel from 1902 to 1915 . Since Cerio spoke six languages, Krupp also used him for the sale of warships to the navy of foreign countries, especially in South America.
The First World War brought Cerio into a crisis of conscience, he no longer wanted to be involved in the hatred of the peoples as a “trader of warships”. He retired to Capri, as an architect he built some of the most beautiful houses on the island in the style known as "Capristil", based on the Moorish tradition, but above all he found his new calling as a writer.
In 1920 he was elected mayor. He used this time to defend himself against the sprawl of the Capri countryside; Even then, many hotels, apartment complexes and the like were built. This mission was controversial and after three years it was voted out. Cerio also owned several villas himself.
Cerio's best-known book Aria di Capri (1927) was also published in the USA and England, abbreviated in Germany under the title Capri, a small world theater . In addition to novels and short stories, he wrote over fifty monographs of scientific content on fauna, flora, geology and paleontology on Capri. He was married to the writer Claretta Cerio .
Works
- Aria di Capri. Napoli 1927
- Cose di Capri. Capri 1928
- L'approdo. Napoli 1930
- Conserve e affini. OO 1932
- Il matrimonio di Melanie ed altre novella. Capri 1933
- Capri nel seicento. Capri 1934
- Manicomio tascabile. Milano 1934
- Il caso della signorina Springfield. OO 1936
- Zucchero e amore. OO 1937
- Il miracolo di baccalà. OO 1938
- All about Capri. Napoli 1944
- Love story of the blue lizard. Capri 1944
- Inutile guide. Roma 1946
- L'ora di Capri. Capri 1950
- Capri. A small world theater in the Mediterranean. Munich 1954
- The Masque of Capri. London 1957
- Flora privata di Capri. ND Milano 1983
- Il convegno di paesaggio 1923. ND Capri 1993
- La casa, il giardino e la pergola nel paesaggio di Capri. ND Napoli 1997
literature
- Alberto Federico: I Cerio. Una dinastia isolana . Capri: La Campanina 2000 (Italian)
- Benito Iezzi: Edwin Cerio. Storico di Capri seicentesca . Napoli: Officine dell'Arte 1989 (Italian)
- Humbert Kesel: Capri. Biography of an island . Capri: La Conchiglia 2000 (reprint of the Munich 1971 edition), pp. 302–307
- Dietmar Noering: Edwin Cerio and Cleopatra's shirt . In: Göttinger Miszellen , No. 57, Göttingen 1982, pp. 89-91
- Dietmar Noering: Edwin Cerio or The Song of the Sirens . In: Die Horen , Volume 31, Vol. 2, No. 142, Bremerhaven 1986, pp. 119–127 (also on www.kirche-capri.de with numerous images from Ulrich Schuch's archive).
- Jobst C. Knigge: Edwin Cerios Capri: A small world theater in the Mediterranean. A contribution to the cultural history of Capri . Humboldt University Berlin 2016 ([https.//edoc.hu-berlin.de/downloads/abstract.php?id=43088]).
Web links
- Article by Dietmar Noering on Edwin Cerio and his works
- Literature by and about Edwin Cerio in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cerio, Edwin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian writer and architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 28, 1875 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | capri |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 24, 1960 |
| Place of death | capri |