Giuseppe Prezzolini

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Giuseppe Prezzolini, 1975.

Giuseppe Prezzolini (born January 27, 1882 in Perugia , † July 14, 1982 in Lugano ) was an Italian journalist, writer and publisher.

life and work

Prezzolini was born in Perugia, the son of a prefect . Due to his father's job, the family moved often in his youth. Prezzolini's mother died in his childhood.

Prezzolini was an autodidact. He began his journalistic work at the age of 21 and founded the magazine Leonardo in Florence together with Giovanni Papini in 1903 and also worked in Enrico Corradini's nationalistic magazine Il Regno until 1905 . In the former he was (under the pseudonym Giuliano il Sofista ) a champion of an "anti-rationalist and mystical philosophy", in the latter he supported the nationalist movement and in particular the rights of the bourgeoisie against socialism. Around 1908 he approached the idealistic ideas of Benedetto Croce and developed sympathy for trade union socialism. Out of this new direction he founded the weekly La Voce in 1908 , which - thanks in part to many famous authors such as Croce, Giovanni Amendola , Gaetano Salvemini , Emilio Cecchi , Romolo Murri , Luigi Einaudi - gained some importance with articles on literature, politics and society. and which he headed with one interruption until 1914.

During the First World War he served as a captain in the Italian army and took part in the 1918 battles for Monte Grappa . In 1929 he moved to the United States and taught at Columbia University in New York City , where he was director of the Italian Academy ( Casa Italiana ) from 1930–1940 and in 1940 also became an American citizen. After spending 25 years abroad, he returned to Italy, to the Amalfi Coast .

Prezzolini wrote over 50 books and edited more than 70 anthologies.

In later years he worked for the Bologna newspaper Il Resto del Carlino and moved in 1968 to Lugano in the Swiss Ticino . There he died in 1982 at the age of one hundred.

Appreciation

Prezzolini was deeply involved in the cultural and political debates in Italy in the early 20th century, and its "sparkling prose" is praised. While he was at times accused of sympathy for fascism (which he denied), "non-conformism" is called his most salient characteristic. At times he approached the currents of pragmatism, Catholic modernism and above all that of Croce's idealism and later ended up with a "sobering conservatism".

His work in the USA contributed to a greater appreciation of Italian literature, philosophy and culture and was particularly important for Americans of Italian descent. Because of his support for Benito Mussolini and his membership in the fascist party, Prezzolini was controversial.

In 1971 he was awarded the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic. In 1982 he received (retrospectively for 1973) the "Penna d'Oro"

Publications (selection)

  • La cultura italiana (with Giovanni Papini ). Soc. On. Editrice "La Voce", Florence 1906.
  • L'arte di persuadere , 1907.
  • Cos'è il modernismo? , 1908.
  • La teoria sindacalista , 1909.
  • Benedetto Croce. Ricciardi, Naples 1909.
  • Vecchio e nuovo nazionalismo , (with G. Papini), 1914.
  • Dopo Caporetto. La Voce, Rome 1919.
  • Vittorio Veneto. La Voce, Rome 1920.
  • Codice della vita italiana , 1921.
  • Fascismo e Futurismo , 1923 (English translation: G. Prezzolini: Fascism and Futurism . In: Lawrence Rainey, Christine Poggi and Laura Wittman (eds.): Futurism. An Anthology . Yale University Press, New Haven and London 2009, ISBN 978- 0-300-08875-5 (English, Fascism and Futurism ( Memento from January 23, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) [PDF; accessed on January 23, 2017]). )
  • Benito Mussolini. Formiggini, Rome 1924.
  • Mi pare ... Edizioni Delta, Fiume 1925.
  • Giovanni Amendola. Formiggini, Rome 1925.
  • Vita di Nicolò Machiavelli fiorentino , 1927.
  • The life of Nicolò Machiavelli . The Arsenal, 1989, ISBN 978-3-921810-49-1 .
Released in the USA
  • Come gli Americani scoprirono l'Italia. 1750-1850 , 1933;
  • L'italiano inutile , 1954;
  • Saper Leggere , 1956;
  • Tutta l'America , 1958;
  • The Legacy of Italy , 1948 (published in Italy as L'Italia finisce, ecco quel che resta. Vallecchi, 1958).
Published after Prezzolini returned to Italy
  • Ideario , 1967;
  • Dio è un rischio , 1969;
Published after moving to Switzerland
  • Manifesto dei conservatori. Rusconi, Milan 1972.
  • Amendola e "La Voce". Sansoni, Florence 1973.
  • La Voce, 1908-1913. Cronaca, antologia e fortuna di una rivista. Rusconi, Milan 1974.
  • Storia tascabile della letteratura italiana. Pan, Milan 1976.
  • Sul fascismo. 1915-1975. Pan, Milan 1977.
  • Prezzolini alla finestra. Pan, Milan 1977.
Autobiography and correspondence
  • Storia di un'amicizia. Correspondence with Giovanni Papini . 2 volumes. 1966-1968.
  • Giovanni Boine: Carteggio. Volume I: Giovanni Boine - Giuseppe Prezzolini (1908–1915). 1971, pp. Xviii-262.
  • Giuseppe De Luca, Giuseppe Prezzolini: Carteggio (1925–1962). 1975.
  • Mario Richter (ed.): Carteggio Giuseppe Prezzolini, Ardengo Soffici . 1: 1907-1918. Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura, Rome 1977.
  • Mario Richter and Maria Emanuela Raffi (eds.): Carteggio Giuseppe Prezzolini, Ardengo Soffici. 2: 1920-1964. Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura, Rome 1982.
  • With Benedetto Croce : Carteggio 1904–1945. 1990.
  • Giuseppe Prezzolini, Mario Missiroli : Carteggio (1906–1974). Edited and provided with an introduction by Alfonso Botti, Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura, Dipartimento dell'Istruzione e cultura del Cantone Ticino, Rome / Lugano 1992, p. XL-472.
  • Antonio Baldini , Giuseppe Prezzolini: Carteggio 1912–1962. 1993, pp. Xxii-150.
  • Piero Marrucchi, Giuseppe Prezzolini: Carteggio 1902-1918. 1997, pp. Xxvi-250.
  • G. Prezzolini and Giovanni Gentile : Carteggio 1908-1940 . Storia E Letteratura, 2006, ISBN 978-88-8498-233-9 (Italian).
  • Giovanni Angelo Abbo, Giuseppe Prezzolini: Carteggio 1956–1982. 2000, pp. Xii-236.
  • Diario, 1900-1941. Rusconi, Milan 1978.
  • Diario, 1942-1968. Rusconi, Milan 1980.
Posthumous publications
  • Vita di Niccolò Machiavelli fiorentino. Rusconi, Milan 1994, ISBN 88-18-70087-1 .
  • Intervista sulla Destra. Mondadori, Milan 1994, ISBN 88-04-38724-6 .
  • Diario, 1968-1982. Rusconi, Milan 1999.
  • Codice della vita italiana. Robin, 2003, ISBN 88-7371-022-0 .
  • M. Attucci, L. Corsetti (Eds.): Addio a Papini. With Ardengo Soffici. Associazione Culturale Ardengo Soffici-Pentalinea, Poggio a Caiano-Prato 2006, ISBN 88-86855-41-9 .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Giuseppe Prezzolini. In: Treccani, la cultura italiana. Retrieved January 23, 2017 (Italian).
  2. ^ History. In: Columbia University. Retrieved January 23, 2017 (English).
  3. ↑ a b Stephen H. Norwood, " The Third Reich in the Ivory Tower ", pp. 89-93, quoted in: Louis Proyect: When Columbia University was on the Mussolini bandwagon. Retrieved January 23, 2017 (English).
  4. ^ SJ Horner: About Books: A Mystery deepens. In: NYT. August 8, 1982, accessed January 23, 2017 .
  5. ^ Vittorio Feltri: Anarchica come i gatti Giuseppe Prezzolini e la destra che non c'è. In: Il Giornale. January 24, 2016, accessed January 23, 2017 (Italian).
  6. ^ Edwin McDowell: Giuseppe Prezzolini, 100, Author and faculty member at Columbia . In: New York Times . July 17, 1982 (English, nytimes.com ).
  7. ^ Giuseppe Prezzolini, educator and philosopher, elevated Columbia University's Casa Italiana to new heights. In: National Italian American Foundation. Retrieved January 23, 2017 (English).
  8. ^ Presidenza della Republica: Cavaliere di Gran Croce Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana. Retrieved January 23, 2017 .
  9. ^ Penna d'oro: Riconoscimento ufficiale della Repubblica Italiana. Retrieved January 23, 2017 (Italian).
  10. ^ Il Premio Penna d'oro della Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri. June 27, 2014, archived from the original on January 23, 2017 ; Retrieved January 23, 2017 (Italian). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / presidenza.governo.it
personal data
SURNAME Prezzolini, Giuseppe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian journalist, writer and publisher
DATE OF BIRTH January 27, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH Perugia
DATE OF DEATH July 14, 1982
Place of death Lugano