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Sep 2, 1986 · Goffredo Parise, whose writings exploring alienation helped make him one of the best-known contemporary Italian writers, died Sunday. He was 57 years old.
Goffredo Parise (8 December 1929 in Vicenza – 31 August 1986 in Treviso) was an Italian writer, journalist, and screenwriter. [1] He won the Viareggio Prize in 1965 for his novel Il padrone (The Boss) and the Strega Prize in 1982 for Sillabario n.2 .
In 1966, Maraini, Moravia and Enzo Siciliano founded the del Porcospino (“Porcupine”) theatrical company which had as its mission the production of new Italian plays. They included her own La famiglia normale, Moravia’s L’intervista, Siciliano’s Tazza, and works by Carlo Emilio Gadda, Goffredo Parise, J. Rodolfo Wilcock and Tornabuoni.
Abstract. Il padrone (1965) is the novel with which Goffredo Parise enters in a new phase of his artistic parable, leaving behind the previous decade. At the beginning of the sixties, Parise embraced a neo-Darwinian vision of individual and collective existence, which reverberated strongly in the poetic motifs of his texts.
Goffredo Parise was born in Vicenza on 8th December 1929, from a nameless father and Ida Wanda Bertoli, step daughter of a merchant of bicycles, business that failed in the same year.
Quick Reference. (1929–86). Novelist who had a varied career in journalism and literature, mostly in the Veneto and Milan. He also travelled widely as a foreign correspondent in the 1960s, the fruits ... From: Parise, Goffredo in The Oxford Companion to Italian Literature ». Subjects: Literature.
Goffredo Parise was an influential Italian writer and journalist, best known for his novels and essays that critique contemporary society. He is particularly renowned for his works such as "Il prete bello" and the two-part series "Sillabari," which explore human emotions and existential themes.
