Franco Prete

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Franco Prete (born May 20, 1933 in Treviso ; † June 29, 2008 in Venice ) was the initiator and driving force of the multinational artist group and the Origine publishing house . He was also active as a poet and writer .

Live and act

Franco Prete grew up in Venice, where he also attended elementary school. After high school in Turin , he attended the institute on the Rosenberg in St. Gallen .

After lengthy study stays abroad (including Cambridge and Sorbonne ), he completed a degree in modern literature and languages ​​in Paris and Heidelberg .

From 1957 to 1993 he worked initially for the High Authority of the Coal and Steel Community , then for the European Parliament, first as a simultaneous interpreter and conference interpreter, then as a senior civil servant and finally as Director General.

Commitment to origine

In addition to his professional career, Franco Prete and his wife Herrad Prete , Edmond Dune and Arnaldo Ferragni founded the multinational artist group Origine and the publishing house of the same name in Luxembourg City around 1960 with the aim of promoting the cultural exchange of Franco-Italian poetry and art.

As a poet and writer, Franco Prete published numerous of his own works, mostly in Italian.

From 1960 to 2008 he also published numerous works by the most famous poets in Italy, France and Belgium in various forms (collections, anthologies, individual and collective editions, literary reviews).

bibliography

Poetry

  • I belli orizzonti . Loescher, Turin (1962)
  • Il tempo dei frassini . Sestante, Padua (1964)
  • Pietra su pietra . De Luca, Rome (1969)
  • Lettere agli amici . Rebellato, Padua (1972)
  • Terre di nessuno . Il Libro, Rome (1977)
  • Terre perse (bilingual in Italian and French). Journal dees Poèts, Brussels (1979)
  • Quartine per le sere d'inverno (bilingual in Italian and French). La table des champs, Arlon, (1982)
  • Renitenza . Origine, Luxembourg (1998)
  • Renitenza (bilingual in Italian and French). L'Arbre à paroles, Amay (1999)

Novels

  • L'Ambasceria in Fiandra . Pagus, Paese (Treviso) (1981)
  • Il ruggito del leone . Origine, Luxembourg (1994)

Anthologies

  • E. Dune, Poètes italiens d'aujourd'hui (bilingual in Italian and French). A. Pfeiffer, Luxembourg (1965)
  • A. Noferi, Prima biennale della poesia italiana . I Centauri, Florence (1969)
  • A. Praillet, Jeune poésie italienne . Vodaine, Yutz (1971)
  • D. Cara, Le proporzioni poetiche . Laborio delle Arti, Milan (1976)
  • Journal des poètes, Numéro spécial du 50ème anniversaire . Brussels (1981)
  • H. Labrusse, R. Milani, A. Ughetto, Promenades en poésie italienne contemporaine . Sud, Marseille (1984)
  • A. Monjo, M. Méresse, Six poets italiens contemporains . La Sape, Montgeron (1992)
  • J. Baude, Venice sous les bois de Cadore . L'Arbre à paroles n ° 10, Amay (1999)

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  1. ↑ Hélène Gilmard & André Doms, Origine: un voyage poétique insolite entre cultures . Maison de la poésie (2008)
  2. ^ Arnaldo Ferragni : Origine - Témoignage d'un chemin commun , p. 36. Grafiche 2am (2009)
personal data
SURNAME Prete, Franco
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian initiator of the multinational artist group and the Origine publishing house, in which he worked as a poet and writer
DATE OF BIRTH May 20, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Treviso
DATE OF DEATH June 29, 2008
Place of death Venice