Goffredo Parise
Goffredo Parise ( born December 8, 1929 in Vicenza, † August 31, 1986 in Treviso ) was an Italian writer, screenwriter and journalist.
Life
Parise moved to high school with his family to Venice. 1951 his first novel was published: Il ragazzo morto e le comete. In Milan, where he moved soon after, he worked as a journalist, mainly for the Corriere della Sera. In the 1960s he worked as a stage designer, among other things, on film projects of directors Bolognini and Fellini. The first part of his well -known book - alphabet of feelings - was published in 1972, the second in 1982 for reports he traveled to Asia, America and Africa.. He spent his last years in Ponte di Piave (Veneto ).
Prizes and awards
Works (selection)
- The major holidays (La grande vacanza, 1953)
- The beautiful priest ( Il prete bello, 1954); ger also u.d.T. The urchins of Vicenza
- The Engagement ( Il fidanzamento, 1956)
- The boss ( Il padrone, 1965)
- Alphabet of feelings ( Sillabario n 1, 1972; Sillabario n 2, 1982); ger also u.d.T. Primer of feelings
- L' odore del sangue ( Eng.: The smell of blood, written in 1979, published posthumously in 1997, 2004 film starring Fanny Ardant - see L' odore del sangue )