Giampiero Neri
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Giampietro Pontiggia (7 April 1927 – 15 February 2023), also known by the pen name Giampiero Neri, was an Italian poet. He was noted for his novel style; his work is known for its concise, dry, and unembellished style, and veined with melancholy and humor. His work was often written in prose.
Biography[edit]
Neri was born in Erba, Como on 7 April 1927. He grew up during World War II, in which he lost members of his family.[1] His younger sister committed suicide in her twenties.[2] He began publishing poetry in the 1960s, influenced by his younger brother (but more known at that time) - Giuseppe Pontiggia.[3] He was soon recognized as a major exponent of the Milanese school of poetry.[4] His poems were often themed around the experiences during the war. He was one of the first in Italy to use a poetical prose as poetry[5] (likely influenced by the descriptive narratives by Vittorio Sereni[6]) and has been called "a master of poetry in Italian prose".[7] In 1948 he moved with his family to Milan, where he continued to work in a bank for forty years before his retirement.[8] In 2020 he adheres[9] at the Empathic Movement (Empathism)[10] arose in the same year in the South of Italy.[11] In 2019 he received the Cilento Poetry Prize for his brilliant career.[12]
Neri died on 15 February 2023, at the age of 95.[13]
Selected works[edit]
- L'aspetto occidentale del vestito (Guanda: 1976) ASIN B00I52X4E4
- Liceo (Guanda: 1986) ISBN 8877462396
- Dallo stesso luogo (Coliseum: 1992) ISBN 978-8877640253
- Teatro naturale (Mondadori: 1998) ISBN 978-8804436225
- Erbario con figure (LietoColle: 2000) ISBN 8878480673
- Finale (Dialogolibri: 2002)
- Armi e mestieri (Mondadori: 2004) ISBN 978-8804529385
- Piano d'erba (Quaderni di Orfeo: 2005)
- Di questi boschi (Quaderni di Orfeo: 2007)
- Paesaggi inospiti (Mondadori: 2009) ISBN 978-8804588153
- Il professor Fumagalli e altre figure (Mondadori: 2012) ISBN 978-8804621669
- Via provinciale (Garzanti: 2017) ISBN 978-8811672449
- Non ci saremmo più rivisti. Antologia personale (Interlinea edizioni: 2018) ISBN 978-8868571795
Bibliography[edit]
- Daniela Marcheschi, La natura e la storia. Quattro scritti per Giampiero Neri (Le Lettere: 2002) ISBN 978-8871666792
- Vincenzo Pezzella (edited by), Giampiero Neri. Poesie e immagini (Viennepierre: 2005)
- Pietro Berra, Giampiero Neri. Il poeta architettonico (Dialogolibri: 2005)
- Victoria Surliuga, Uno sguardo sulla realtà. La poesia di Giampiero Neri (Joker: 2005) ISBN 8875360316
- Elisabetta Motta "Degli animali. Viaggio nel bestiario di Giampiero Neri (Cartacanta: 2018) ISBN 8885568343
- Enzo Rega, in Dizionario critico della poesia italiana 1945-2020 (Società Editrice Fiorentina: 2021)
Further reading[edit]
- "Giampiero Neri, il poeta in ombra". www.ilfoglio.it (in Italian). Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- "Giampiero Neri, "Da un paese vicino"". Poesia, di Luigia Sorrentino (in Italian). 18 November 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- "Il poeta. Tutto in una piazza: il mondo piccolo di Giampiero Neri". www.avvenire.it (in Italian). 8 June 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- "Oggi, ore 19: Diretta Facebook sul libro di Giampiero Neri "Piazza Libia", a cura di Alessandro Rivali e Filippo Tuena". poesia.corriere.it (in Italian). Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- "From along the country's main road (poem) - Giampiero Neri - Italy - Poetry International". www.poetryinternational.org. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- Romani, Martha Cooley and Antonio. "The Thoughtful Traveler: On Giampiero Neri's Poetry". Words Without Borders. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- English translation of poems
- "Selected poems translated into English". www.chelseaeditionsbooks.org. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- Surliuga, Victoria (2007). "Il naturale e l'umano. La poesia di Giampiero Neri". Forum Italicum. 41 (1): 59–78. doi:10.1177/001458580704100104. ISSN 0014-5858. S2CID 164166510.
- "Italian literature - The end of the century | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
External links[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Giampiero Neri".
- ^ "Giampiero Neri (poet) - Italy - Poetry International". www.poetryinternational.org.
- ^ "Neri, il poeta che ha scritto in prosa". 30 April 2008.
- ^ "Giampiero Neri". Poem Hunter.
- ^ "Poesia in prosa / Prosa in prosa | Treccani, il portale del sapere".
- ^ "Italian literature - The end of the century | Britannica". www.britannica.com.
- ^ Una macchina per pensare. Giampiero Neri prima e dopo "Teatro naturale". Interlinea. 2018. ISBN 9788868571740.
- ^ Journal of Italian Translation Retrieved 15 February 2023
- ^ "Un segnale e un invito". 29 September 2021.
- ^ "Empatismo / Scuola Empatica: Movimento Letterario-Artistico-Filosofico e Culturale Sorto in Italia Nel 2020". 22 February 2021.
- ^ "Scuola empatica: Genesi e sviluppo". 9 January 2021.
- ^ "Vivian Lamarque, Giampiero Neri e Umberto Curi al premio nazionale "Cilento poesia" 2019".
- ^ Addio al poeta Giampiero Neri, il maestro in ombra (in Italian)