Giuseppe Dessì

Giuseppe Dessi ( born August 7, 1909 in Villacidro, Sardinia, † July 6, 1977 in Rome ) was an Italian writer who had in 1972 for his novel Paese d' Ombre (1972 ) received the Premio Strega and the Premio named after the Dessi is.

Life

Dessi completed post-school studies in literature at the University of Pisa, which he completed in 1936. He then worked as a teacher and as an employee of the school administration.

He made ​​his literary debut in 1939 with the novel La sposa in città, the numerous other novels followed. Some of his works also appeared in a German translation as The Ransom (1962 ) to the excel ended the Premio BAGUTTA novel Il disertore by Herbert Meier, which was published in 1969 in the Spectrum book series published by the people and the world. For his 1972 published book Paese d' Ombre Dessi, who was seriously ill since 1964, received in 1972 the prestigious Premio Strega literary award.

In his novels and stories he joined reality and fiction with his own memories to autobiographical narratives with a reminiscent of Marcel Proust temporal retrospect. The characters appearing in his works tend to dissolve their identity in a mythical atmosphere, and to hint at a secret life, and are eager for their freedom and their innocence who are burdened by feelings, legacies and sins dissolve. Through his works he influenced the work of writers such as Giulio Angioni.

In addition to his literary work Dessi also worked as a documentary filmmaker, and rotates among others in 1963 for the television Radiotelevisione Italiana a documentary on Sardinia with the title La Sardegna: un itinerario nel tempo.

According to him, the Giuseppe Dessi Prize for Literature, was the Premio Dessi named, which was awarded by the Fondazione Dessi among others in 2004 to Sergio Romano, 2007 Rodolfo Sacchettini.

Publications

  • La sposa in città, 1939
  • San Silvano, 1939
  • Michele Boschino, 1942
  • Racconti vecchi e nuovi, 1945
  • Storia del principe Lui, 1949
  • I passeri, 1955
  • Isola dell'angelo, 1957
  • La ballerina di carta, 1957
  • Introduzione alla vita di Giacomo Scarbo, 1959
  • Racconti drammatici, 1959
  • Il disertore, 1961
  • Eleanor, 1964
  • Paese d' ombre, 1972
  • La scelta, posthumously, 1978
  • The ransom, Freiburg im Breisgau 1962

Background literature

  • Maria Shepherd: Studies of the modern Sardinian literature. People and Landscapes Grazia Deledda, Salvatore Satta, Giuseppe Dessi and Gavino Ledda. PhD thesis, University of Saarbrücken, 1986.
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