Luigi Malerba Writer

Luigi Malerba (November 11, 1927 – May 8, 2008), born Luigi Bonardi, was an Italian author who wrote short stories (often written with Tonino Guerra), historical novels, and screenplays, and who co-founded the Gruppo 63, based on Marxism and Structuralism. Umberto Eco said that "Malerba was defined post-modern, but that's not all true, because he is maliciously ironic, unpredictable, and ambiguous". He was one of the most important exponents of the Italian literary movement called Neoavanguardia, along with Balestrini, Sanguineti, and Manganelli.He was the first writer to win the Prix Médicis étranger in 1970. He also won the Brancati Prize in 1979, the Grinzane Cavour Prize in 1989 (with Stefano Jacomuzzi and Raffaele La Capria), the Viareggio Prize and the Feronia Prize in 1992.

Personal facts

Birth dateNovember 11, 1927
Birth nameLuigi Bonardi
Birth place
Italy , Province of Parma , Berceto
Nationality
Italy
Date of deathMay 08, 2008
Place of death
Italy , Rome

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Writer

Career start1950
Career end2000
award
Prix Médicis
Viareggio Prize
genre
Historical novel
influenced
influenced by
movement
Neoavanguardia

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