Corrado Alvaro

Corrado Alvaro (born the April 15th 1895 with San Luca, in the Province of Reggio of Calabria, Calabria, Italy - died the June 11th 1956 with Rome) was a writer, Journaliste and Poète Italy N of first half of the 20th century.

Biography

Corrado Alvaro nacquit in the south of Italy with San Luca in the Province of Reggio of Calabria. It is the first of the six children of Antonio (a teacher) and Antonia Giampaolo (girl of small holders). In 1915, at the time of the First World War, it enlists in a regiment of Infanterie to Florence. Wounded in September 1916, whereas it is with Savogna d' Isonzo, it returns to Rome where it starts to work for the newspaper It Restaurant del Carlino, for which it will become then writer. The April 8th 1918, it marries a bolonaise: Laura Babini.

In 1919, it moves with Milan and collaborates with the newspaper Corriere beyond Will be. Always in 1919, it obtains the laurea (the equivalent of the master) in letters with the Université of Milan. In 1921, it becomes corresponding Parisian newspaper It Mondo founded by Giovanni Amendola. In 1925, one finds it among the signatories of proclamation of the intellectuals antifascists of Benedetto Croce. During following years, it continues its journalistic activities starting from Berlin (1928), of the Italy (1930), of the Turkey (1931) and of the Russia (1935). During these years he writes articles in connection with the revolution of October 1917 in the Hebdomadaire Omnibus (founded by Leo Longanesi).

He takes part in the review Popolo di Roma (although he is never adhered to the fascistic party). In January 1941 it goes for the last time to San Luca for the Funéraille S of his/her father. It often goes to Caraffa del Bianco to see his mother and her cleaned brother (Massimo). June 25th with the September 8th 1943, it directs the Popolo di Roma , but following the German occupation, it must take refuge with Chieti, under the false name of Guido Giorgi.

In 1945, with Libero Bigiaretti and Francesco Jovine, it founds the national union of the writers ( Sindacato Nazionale Scrittori ) of which he will be secretary until his death. At that time, it also creates the national bank of the writers ( Cassa Nazionale Scrittori ). In 1947, it briefly directs the newspaper Risorgimento , of Naples, but it will resign for reason policies: declaring itself on the left it cannot direct a newspaper Libéral.

In 1951, it gains the first Italian price Strega for its book Quasi una vita . It should be stressed that this year is known as large 5 because it is at this time that one published Quasi una vita of Alvaro, the orologio of Carlo Levi, the conformist of Alberto Moravia, has cena collar commendatore Mario Soldati and Gesù, fate luce of Domenico Rea.

In 1954, it is reached of a abdominal Tumeur and undergoes a heavy surgical intervention . The disease also reaches the Poumon S and he dies on June 11th, 1956 in his house with Rome, leaving behind him several unfinished novels.

Recently, its area of origin (the Calabria) bought its manuscripts preserved at Rome and offered them to the foundation of the name of the writer, whose seat is located in its birthplace of San Luca. Alvaro is buried in small the Cimetière of Viterbe where it had bought a large country house in 1939. In the library Pietro De Nava of Reggio of Calabria, a room bears its name. To note, this room contains decorations, the carpets, the tables and the books of Alvaro (given after its death by its wife and its brother).

Publications

In French

country of Kephalea and Voyage through the things, in the collection fantastic Italy
Paris without make-up

In Italian

Poesie grigioverdi (1917)
the siepe E the orto (1920)
uomo LED labirinto (1926)
the amata went will finestra (1929)
Vent' ass (1930)
Gente in Aspromonte (1930)
the strong uomo E (1938) for which it received the price of the Italian Academy of literature ( Accademia d' Italia beyond will letteratura ) in 1940
Incontri of amore (1940)
the età breve (1946)
Lunga notte di Medea (1949)
Quasi una vita (1950) for which it received the Price Strega
It nostro tempo E the speranza (1952)
a fatto di cronaca (1955)

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