Giovanni Papini

Giovanni Papini ( born January 9, 1881 in Florence, † July 8, 1956 ) was an Italian writer. Initially facing the pragmatism and Futurism, found in his later works his deep Catholic faith expression.

Life

The original of 1905 published philosophers Dawn testifies to the church critical education of the self-taught Papini. In 1903 he founded the literary journal Leonardo. Appeared in 1906 Il Tragico quotidiano, his first book. In the article Il crepuscolo dei filosofi in the same year he went on distance to the established philosophy. He varied the ideas William James'. With Giovanni and Giuseppe Vailati Prezzolini he represented pragmatism in Italy. From the first, he stood out through an emphasis on the spiritual rather than the logical. His autobiographical novel Un uomo finito 1912 attacks its search for a philosophy of action. His second founding a magazine, Lacerba 1913 was marked by the Futurism. At the magazine La Voce Papini was also involved.

In 1908 he turned his article La religion sta since sè against the subordination of religion to philosophy. In Ecce Homo (1912 ), he argues against the possibility of a symbolic interpretation of the Gospels. 1913, with Puzzo di cristianucci and Esistono cattolico, he denounces the contradictions of the Catholic Church. Articles 1908 to 1914, he still takes an anti-religious position. From 1921 dominated religious writing Papinis work. According to the information in the named source Encyclopædia Britannica Papini returned this year for the Roman Catholic faith in which he had been brought up. ("In 1921 Papini what reconverted to the Roman Catholicism in Which he had been reared .") In the life of the Lord ( Storia di Cristo ) In 1921, he tells the early life of Jesus. In Lyrical form his religiosity in Pane e vino is expressed by 1926.

Papini married in 1907. During World War I he wanted to fight for the Allies, but was rejected because of his physical constitution. The living Dante ( Dante vivo ) received the 1933 Premio di Firenze with the blessing of Benito Mussolini, whose brother Arnaldo one wanted to give you the price originally. In 1935 he was a professor of Italian language and literature at the University of Bologna. His 1937 published in Florence Storia della letteratura italiana he devoted Mussolini with the words "To the Duce, the friend of poetry and the poet ." Papini in 1942 was Vice President, founded in Weimar European Writers' Association In his book "Il libro nero " from 1952 Papini referenced self-critical "Artistic Testament" by Pablo Picasso, allegedly the fruit of an interview with the painter. The text has been widely held to be authentic and delivered arguments against modern art, including quotes him extensively Ephraim Kishon's book " Picasso's sweet revenge " After another reading it concerns thereby but merely a machination Western intelligence agencies during the Cold War to the pro-Soviet set to discredit Picasso.

Works

  • Un uomo finito (1912, One of completed man. 1962)
  • Storia di Cristo (1921, Life of Jesus in 1935. )
  • Pane e vino. (1926, poetry )
  • Gog. (1929, in German 1931)
  • Sant ' Agostino (1929, St. Augustine. 1930)
  • Dante vivo. (1933, Dante. A Eternal Life, 1936)
  • Storia della letteratura Italiana (1937, Eternal Italy -. . The Great in the kingdom of his poetry in 1940 Translated by Catherine Hasslinger )
  • Italia mia. (1939 )
  • Show personale (1941, from my workshop. 1944)
  • Imitazione del padre (1942, rebirth and renewal. 1950)
  • Saggi sul Rinascimento (1942, The essence of the Renaissance. 1946)
  • Cielo e terra (1943, Heaven and Earth. 1947)
  • Santi e poetic. (1947 )
  • Lettere agli uomini del papa Celestino VI. (1947, Celestine VI. Letters to the People, 1948)
  • Passato remoto. (1948 )
  • Vita di Michelangiolo nella vita del suo tempo (1949, 1951, Michelangelo and his life circle. 1952)
  • Le del poeta pazzie. (1950, tomfoolery, 1953)
  • Il libro nero (1952, The Black Book. 1952)
  • Il diavolo (1953, The Devil. 1954)
  • Concerto fantastico. (1954, short stories )
  • Il bel viaggio. (1954, with Enzo Palmieri )
  • La spia del mondo (1955, peephole to the world. 1957)
  • L' aurora della letteratura italiana. (1956)
  • La felicità dell'infelice. (1956)
  • A finished person. Munich: General Publishing Company, 1925

Published posthumously

  • Il giudizio universal (1957, World Court. 1959)
  • La seconda birth (1958, The second birth. 1960)
  • The mirror on the run. Frankfurt am Main: Books Gutenberg, 2007, ISBN 978-3-7632-5819-2.
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