Mario Tobino

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Mario Tobino (born January 16, 1910 in Viareggio , † December 12, 1991 in Agrigento ) was an Italian writer and psychiatrist.

Life

Tobino began his professional career as a psychiatrist in Ancona , Bologna and Gorizia . From 1940 to 1942 he was a soldier in Libya ; He made use of the impressions there in Il deserto della Libia , published in 1951 . After his return he joined the resistance movement. After the war he was head of the psychiatric clinic in Maggiano near Lucca from 1948 to 1980 .

plant

Tobino's work is strongly autobiographical, but also increasingly developed neorealistic traits.

In 1976 he received the Premio Viareggio , one of the most prestigious Italian literary prizes.

Novels (selection)

  • Il figlio del farmacista (1942)
  • Le libere donne di Magliano (1953, Eng . The Women of Magliano or Freedom in the Asylum )
  • La brace dei Biassoli (1956, German Signora Maria )
  • Il clandestino (1962, German Medusa )
  • Il perduto amore (1979, German lost love )
  • La ladra (1984)

stories

  • La gelosia del marinaio (1942)
  • Bandiera nera (1950, German double game )
  • La bella degli specchi (1976)

literature

  • Felice del Beccaro: Mario Tobino Firenze, La Nuova Italia, 1973
personal data
SURNAME Tobino, Mario
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian writer and psychiatrist
DATE OF BIRTH January 16, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH Viareggio
DATE OF DEATH December 12, 1991
Place of death Agrigento