Guido Morselli

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Guido Morselli (born August 15, 1912 in Bologna , † July 31, 1973 in Varese ) was an Italian novelist .

Morselli, of whom no novel was published during his lifetime, was born in 1912 as the son of a wealthy businessman; from 1914 the family lived in Milan . He studied law and received his doctorate in 1935. In 1973, after years of rejection by publishers, he committed suicide.

Works (selection)

  • Roma senza papa. Cronache romane di fine secolo ventesimo, 1974 (German Rome without Pope. Roman reports from the end of the twentieth century, translated by Arianna Giachi, Insel Verlag Frankfurt am Main 1976)
  • Contro-passto prossimo, 1975 (German light at the end of the tunnel, translated by Arianna Giachi, Claassen Düsseldorf 1977; new edition Suhrkamp Taschenbuchverlag, Frankfurt am Main 1980, ISBN 3-518-38707-3 )
  • Divertimento 1889, 1975 (German: An excursion by His Majesty - Divertimento in Switzerland, translated by Ragni Maria Gschwend, Claassen Düsseldorf 1980)
  • Il comunista , 1976
  • Dissipatio HG, 1977 (German Dissipatio humani generis or Die Einsamkeit, translated by Ragni Maria Gschwend, Insel Verlag Frankfurt am Main 1990)
  • Un dramma borghese, 1978 (German love of a daughter, translated by Ariana Giachi, Insel Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1984; new edition Suhrkamp Taschenbuchverlag, Frankfurt am Main 1988, ISBN 3-518-38068-0 )
  • Incontro col comunista , 1980

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