Fulvio Tomizza

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Fulvio Tomizza (born January 26, 1935 in Giurizzani near Materada in Istria , then Italy ; † May 21, 1999 in Trieste ) was an Italian writer .

Life

Tomizza was born in a village in Istria that had belonged to Italy since 1919. In 1954 he passed the Abitur in Capodistria . When the area of ​​the Free Territory of Trieste was divided between Italy and Yugoslavia by the London Memorandum in 1954 , Tomizza moved to the city of Trieste.

He initially worked there as an editor for the local news radio station. In 1960 he published his first novel Materada , which is named after his hometown. When it was published, the novel was received very positively by Italian literary critics and featured in the feature sections of all major daily newspapers . In literary criticism, it is now considered a classic of Istrian literature.

With this novel Tomizza had his breakthrough as a writer. From then on Tomizza lived in Trieste as a freelance writer.

He later combined the novel Materada with the works La Ragazza di Petrovia and Il Bosco di Acacie to form the Trilogia Istriana . In 1977 Tomizza achieved his greatest success with the novel La Miglior Vita , which was sold over 400,000 times in Italy alone.

Tomizza's novels address the interrelationships between language and culture, multilingualism and transnationality, whereby the multi-ethnic cultural area of ​​the former Habsburg monarchy often shines through as a meaningful reference point. The protagonists lead a life in two worlds, torn between cultures.

In addition to his novels and short stories , Tomizza also wrote plays and children's books .

His novel Franziska , published in Italy in 1997 , was only published in German after his death, in 2001 by Zsolnay Verlag in Vienna . In this novel, Tomizza describes a historical fate of women from Slovenia . Like many other Tomizza's works, this novel was translated into German by the translator Ragni Maria Gschwend .

His last two novels, La visitatrice and La casa col mandorlo , were published posthumously in Italy in 2000.

In 1999 Fulvio Tomizza died after a serious illness. He was buried in his hometown.

Awards and honors

Tomizza has received several awards for his literary work. He received several Italian literary prizes, but also international prizes. For the novel La Quinta Stagione he received the Premio Selezione Campiello in 1965 . In 1969 he was awarded the Premio Viareggio for L'Albero dei Sogni . The novel La Città di Miriam received the Premio Fiera Letteraria in 1972 . In 1977 Tomizza was awarded the Premio Strega, the most important Italian literary prize, for La Miglior Vita . In 1979 he received the Austrian State Prize for European Literature for the German translation of the novel .

In 1984 Tomizza received an honorary doctorate in literary studies ( Lettere ) from the University of Trieste for "his high artistic level and his intense narrative power".

Works

  • A better world. Roman ("La miglior vita"). Dtv, Munich 1984, ISBN 3-423-10055-9 .
  • Evil comes from the north. The story of Pier Paolo Vergerio , bishop, heretic, reformer (“Il male viene dal nord”). Publishing house Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Cologne 1988, ISBN 3-462-01870-1 .
  • The flute in the opera (“Anche le pulci hanno la tosse”). Gerstenberg, Hildesheim 1997, ISBN 3-8067-4230-8 .
  • Franziska. A story from the 20th century ("Franziska"). Dtv, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-423-13224-8 .
  • The fifth season ("La quinta stagione"). Dtv, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-423-13318-X .
  • The idealist ("L'idealista"). TSV, Vienna 1982 (based on Ivan Cankar's novel “Marin Caćur, Curriculum Vitae of an Idealist”).
  • The lovers from Via Rossetti. Roman ("Gli sposi di via Rossetti"). Piper Verlag, Munich 1991, ISBN 3-492-11234-X .
  • Materada. Roman ("Materada"). Hanser Verlag, Munich 1993, ISBN 3-446-17277-7 .
  • The trial of Maria Janis. Roman ("La finzione di Maria"). Dtv, Munich 1988, ISBN 3-423-10967-X .
  • Friendship in Trieste ("L'amicizia"). Dtv, Munich 1984, ISBN 3-423-10238-1 .
  • The fallen tower (“La torre capovolta”). Wieser Verlag, Klagenfurt 1990, ISBN 3-85129-023-2 .
  • The Venetian heiress. Roman ("L'ereditiera veneziana"). Piper Verlag, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-492-22503-9 .

literature

  • (Anonymous): Fulvio Tomizza, the frontier worker . Hanser, Munich 1988, ISBN 3-446-16948-2 (sheet; 26).
  • Carmelo Aliberti: Fulvio Tomizza e la frontiera dell'anima . Bastogi, Foggia 2001, ISBN 88-8185-328-0 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Fulvio Tomizza , portrait of the author on the Hanser Verlag website
  2. ↑ Famous Istrian Literary Portrait on Fulvio Tomizza at Istria on the Internet
  3. ↑ Biografia Fulvio Tomizza author portrait at www.zam.it (in Italian)
  4. ↑ Interrelationships between multilingualism and transnationality. Alain Bosquet and Fulvio Tomizza Contribution to literary studies by Gertrude Durusoy in: TRANS No. 13, Internet magazine for cultural studies, 2002
  5. ↑ Franziska. A story from the 20th century Book presentation and review by Perlentaucher
  6. ↑ Original quote from the laudation: "per l'elevato level artistico della sua intensa attività narrativa, nella quale - afferma ancora la motivazione - si è reso acuto, original interprete di una cultura basata sui valori della pacifica convivenza tra le genit". Online at www.zam.it
personal data
SURNAME Tomizza, Fulvio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian writer
DATE OF BIRTH January 26, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Giurizzani near Materada , Istria
DATE OF DEATH May 21, 1999
Place of death Trieste