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Giuseppe Prezzolini (27 January 1882 – 16 July 1982) was an Italian literary critic, journalist, editor and writer. He later became an American citizen.
* ''La coltura italiana'' (with
(Scheda libro)
* ''Carteggio Giuseppe Prezzolini, Ardengo Soffici. 2: 1920-1964''. Edited by Mario Richter and Maria Emanuela Raffi. Rome, Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura, 1982 * ''Carteggio 1904-1945'', con Benedetto Croce, 1990 *Giuseppe Prezzolini - Mario Missiroli, ''Carteggio (1906-1974)'', edited by and with an introduction by Alfonso Botti, Rome-Lugano, Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura, Dipartimento dell'Istruzione e cultura del Cantone Ticino, 1992, pp. XL-472 * Antonio Baldini, Giuseppe Prezzolini, ''Carteggio 1912-1962'', pp. xxii-150, 1993 *Piero Marrucchi, Giuseppe Prezzolini, ''Carteggio 1902-1918'', pp. xxvi-250, 1997 * Giovanni Angelo Abbo, Giuseppe Prezzolini, ''Carteggio 1956-1982'', pp. xii-236, 2000 *''Diario, 1900-1941''. Milan, Rusconi, 1978 *''Diario, 1942-1968''. Milan, Rusconi, 1980 ;Posthumous publications *''Vita di Niccolò Machiavelli fiorentino''. Milan, Rusconi, 1994. . *''Intervista sulla Destra''. Milan, Mondadori, 1994. . *''Diario, 1968-1982''. Milan, Rusconi, 1999. *''Codice della vita italiana'', Robin, 2003. . * ''Addio a Papini'' (with Ardengo Soffici), edited by M. Attucci and L. Corsetti, Poggio a Caiano - Prato, Associazione Culturale Ardengo Soffici - Pentalinea, 2006. .
Biography
Prezzolini was born inPerugia
Perugia (, , ; lat, Perusia) is the capital city of Umbria in central Italy, crossed by the River Tiber, and of the province of Perugia.
The city is located about north of Rome and southeast of Florence. It covers a high hilltop and pa ...
in January 1882, to Tuscan parents from Siena, Luigi and Emilia Pianigiani. In 1903 he founded together with Giovanni Papini
Giovanni Papini (9 January 18818 July 1956) was an Italian journalist, essayist, novelist, short story writer, poet, literary critic, and philosopher. A controversial literary figure of the early and mid-twentieth century, he was the earliest and ...
the literary journal ''Leonardo''. In 1908 he founded '' La Voce'', a cultural and literary journal that grew to become very influential.
In 1929 he moved to the United States, where he taught at Columbia University
Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...
in New YorkJonah Goldberg
Jonah Jacob Goldberg (born March 21, 1969) is an American conservative syndicated columnist, author, political analyst, and commentator. The founding editor of ''National Review Online'', from 1998 until 2019 he was an editor at '' National Revie ...
, ''Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left from Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning'', New York: Doubleday, 2007, p. 28 and served as Head of that University's Casa Italiana. He was the author of many books in both Italian and English, including primary essays of philosophy, history and literary criticism.
He died in Lugano
Lugano (, , ; lmo, label=Ticinese dialect, Ticinese, Lugan ) is a city and municipality in Switzerland, part of the Lugano District in the canton of Ticino. It is the largest city of both Ticino and the Italian-speaking southern Switzerland. Luga ...
on 16 July 1982.
Works
* ''La coltura italiana'' (with Giovanni Papini
Giovanni Papini (9 January 18818 July 1956) was an Italian journalist, essayist, novelist, short story writer, poet, literary critic, and philosopher. A controversial literary figure of the early and mid-twentieth century, he was the earliest and ...
). Florence, Soc. An. Editrice "La Voce", 1906
* ''L'arte di persuadere'', 1907
*''Cos'è il modernismo?'', 1908
*''La teoria sindacalista'', 1909
*''Benedetto Croce'', Naples, Ricciardi, 1909
*''Vecchio e nuovo nazionalismo'', (with G. Papini), 1914
*''Dopo Caporetto''. Rome, La Voce, 1919.
*''Vittorio Veneto''. Rome, La Voce, 1920.
* ''Codice della vita italiana'', 1921.
*''Benito Mussolini''. Rome, Formiggini, 1924.
*''Mi pare...''. Fiume, Edizioni Delta, 1925.
*''Giovanni Amendola''. Rome, Formiggini, 1925.
*''Vita di Nicolò Machiavelli fiorentino'', 1927.
;Published in the United States
*''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)
;After Prezzolini's return to Italy
* ''Ideario'', 1967;
* ''Dio è un rischio'', 1969;
;After Prezzolini's move to Lugano, Switzerland
*''Manifesto dei conservatori''. Milan, Rusconi, 1972;
*''Amendola e «La Voce»''. Florence Sansoni, 1973;
*''La Voce, 1908-1913. Cronaca, antologia e fortuna di una rivista''. Milan, Rusconi, 1974;
*''Storia tascabile della letteratura italiana''. Milan, Pan, 1976;
*''Sul fascismo. 1915-1975''. Milan, Pan, 1977;
*''Prezzolini alla finestra''. Milan, Pan, 1977.
;Memoirs and correspondence
*''Storia di un'amicizia'' (correspondence with Giovanni Papini
Giovanni Papini (9 January 18818 July 1956) was an Italian journalist, essayist, novelist, short story writer, poet, literary critic, and philosopher. A controversial literary figure of the early and mid-twentieth century, he was the earliest and ...
), 2 voll., 1966–68
* Giovanni Boine Giovanni may refer to:
* Giovanni (name), an Italian male given name and surname
* Giovanni (meteorology), a Web interface for users to analyze NASA's gridded data
* ''Don Giovanni'', a 1787 opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, based on the legend of ...
, ''Carteggio'', vol. I, Giovanni Boine – Giuseppe Prezzolini (1908-1915) pp. xviii-262, 1971
*Giuseppe De Luca
Giuseppe De Luca (25 December 1876 – 26 August 1950), was an Italian baritone who achieved his greatest triumphs at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. He notably created roles in the world premieres of two operas by Giacomo Puccini: Sha ...
, Giuseppe Prezzolini, ''Carteggio (1925-1962)'', 1975
*''Carteggio Giuseppe Prezzolini, Ardengo Soffici
Ardengo Soffici (7 April 1879 – 19 August 1964) was an Italian writer, painter, poet, sculptor and intellectual.
Early life
Soffici was born in Rignano sull'Arno, near Florence. In 1893 his family moved to the latter city, where he stud ...
. 1: 1907-1918''. A cura di Mario Richter. Rome, Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura, 1977(Scheda libro)
* ''Carteggio Giuseppe Prezzolini, Ardengo Soffici. 2: 1920-1964''. Edited by Mario Richter and Maria Emanuela Raffi. Rome, Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura, 1982 * ''Carteggio 1904-1945'', con Benedetto Croce, 1990 *Giuseppe Prezzolini - Mario Missiroli, ''Carteggio (1906-1974)'', edited by and with an introduction by Alfonso Botti, Rome-Lugano, Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura, Dipartimento dell'Istruzione e cultura del Cantone Ticino, 1992, pp. XL-472 * Antonio Baldini, Giuseppe Prezzolini, ''Carteggio 1912-1962'', pp. xxii-150, 1993 *Piero Marrucchi, Giuseppe Prezzolini, ''Carteggio 1902-1918'', pp. xxvi-250, 1997 * Giovanni Angelo Abbo, Giuseppe Prezzolini, ''Carteggio 1956-1982'', pp. xii-236, 2000 *''Diario, 1900-1941''. Milan, Rusconi, 1978 *''Diario, 1942-1968''. Milan, Rusconi, 1980 ;Posthumous publications *''Vita di Niccolò Machiavelli fiorentino''. Milan, Rusconi, 1994. . *''Intervista sulla Destra''. Milan, Mondadori, 1994. . *''Diario, 1968-1982''. Milan, Rusconi, 1999. *''Codice della vita italiana'', Robin, 2003. . * ''Addio a Papini'' (with Ardengo Soffici), edited by M. Attucci and L. Corsetti, Poggio a Caiano - Prato, Associazione Culturale Ardengo Soffici - Pentalinea, 2006. .
References
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