Luigi Malerba
Luigi Malerba ( born November 11, 1927 in Berceto, Province of Parma; † May 8, 2008 in Rome, actually Luigi Bonardi ) was an Italian writer, journalist, screenwriter and author of short stories, novels, radio and television games.
Life
Malerba became the laureate in law and business for many years an advertising agency.
Together with Umberto Eco and others, he founded the Italian Neoavanguardia attributed writers association Gruppo 63 and lived in Rome and Orvieto. He started as a screenwriter and soon turned from the Italian Neorealism. In his short stories and novels, he developed a satirical, grotesque style that plays with narrative structures. His lyrics often make this an analysis of the interplay of power and corruption. Other subjects were the varieties of Catholicism and look behind the mirror of " reality and illusion ". His books have been translated into many languages and read worldwide.
As co-director he was responsible for a play and a documentary in its screenplay.
Works
( only translated into German )
- La scoperta dell'alfabeto, 1963 (Eng. The discovery of the alphabet, trans. V. Joachim A. Frank, Suhrkamp, 1983)
- Il serpente, 1966 (Eng. The snake, translated by Alice Vollenweider, Suhrkamp, 1969)
- Somersault, 1968 ( German somersault, trans. V. Alice Vollenweider, Suhrkamp, 1971)
- Il protagonista, 1973 (Eng. The protagonist, trans. V. Alice Vollenweider, Suhrkamp 1976)
- Mozziconi, 1975 ( German stories from the banks of the Tiber, trans. V. Alice Vollenweider, Suhrkamp, 1980)
- Il Pataffio, 1978 ( German Pataffio, trans. V. Moshe Kahn, Wagenbach 1988)
- Le galline pensierose, 1980 (Eng. The thoughtful chicken, trans. Elke v. Weir, Wagenbach 1984)
- Diario di un sognatore, 1981 ( German diary of a dreamer, trans. V. Joachim A. Frank, Suhrkamp, 1984)
- Storiette and Storiette tascabili, 1977 and 1984 ( German pocket adventure, trans. V. Iris Schnebel Kaschnitz, Wagenbach 1985)
- Pinocchio con gli stivali 1986 (German Puss Pinocchio, trans. V. Burkhart Kroeber, Renner 1986 Frankfurt Publishing Company 1990)
- Testa d' argento, 1988 ( German silver head, trans. V. Karin Fleischanderl, Wagenbach 1989)
- Il fuoco greco, 1990 ( German Greek Fire, trans. V. Iris Schnebel Kaschnitz, Wagenbach 1991)
- True ghosts. Stories from the imaginary Sciences, 1990 ( selection of various texts from four different volumes)
- Le pietre volanti, 1992 (Eng. The flying stones, trans. V. Moshe Kahn, Wagenbach 1992)
- Le maschere, 1994 (Eng. The naked Masks, trans. V. Iris Schnebel Kaschnitz, Wagenbach 1995)
- Storie dell'anno mille, 1995 ( with Tonino Guerra, Eng: Of three who set out to fill the belly. Novel from the year 1000, v. over Moshe Kahn, Wagenbach 1996)
- Foolish world. From Lust cucumber -eaters and the longing for metal (various texts, compiled by Klaus Wagenbach ), Wagenbach 1997
- Itaca per semper, 1997 ( German King Without shoes, trans. V. Iris Schnebel Kaschnitz, Wagenbach 1997)
- La superficie di Eliane, 1999 ( German Eliane gloss, trans. V. Moshe Kahn, Wagenbach 2000)
- La composizione del sogno, 2001 (Eng. The dream as a work of art, v.. Across the Moshe Kahn, Wagenbach 2002)
- Il circolo di Granada, 2002 (Eng. The Secret Circle of Granada, trans. V. Iris Schnebel Kaschnitz, Wagenbach 2003)
- Fantasmi romani, 2006 ( German Roman ghosts, trans. V. Iris Schnebel Kaschnitz, Wagenbach 2007)