Pier Vittorio Tondelli

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Pier Vittorio Tondelli
Born September 14, 1955(1955-09-14)
Correggio, Italy
Died December 16, 1991 (aged 36)
Reggio Emilia, Italy
Occupation Novelist, intellectual

Pier Vittorio Tondelli (September 14, 1955 - December 16, 1991) was an Italian writer who wrote a small but influential body of work. He was born in Correggio, a small town in the province of Emilia-Romagna in Italy and died in nearby Reggio Emilia of AIDS. Tondelli enjoyed modest success as a writer but often encountered trouble with censors for his use of homosexual themes in his works.[1] Tondelli was buried in a small cemetery in the hamlet of Canolo, just outside of Correggio.[2]

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[edit] Works by Tondelli

Many of Tondelli's works have been published by Bompiani in a two-volume set. Volume 1 contains his novels and short stories, and Volume 2 contains more stories, essays, conversations and miscellaneous writings. Volume 1 includes an introduction and chronology by Fulvio Panzeri: Opere. Milano: Bompiani, 2000. ISBN 8845244385. Volume 2 contains an extensive bibliography of Tondelli's writings and writings on/about Tondelli, his works, etc. Many of his works can also be purchased individually as well.

  • Altri Libertini (1980)
  • Il Diario Del Soldato Acci (1981)
  • Rimini (1985)
  • Camere Separate (1989)
  • Pao Pao (1989)
  • Un weekend postmoderno. Cronache dagli anni ottanta (1990)
  • L'abbandono. Racconti degli anni Ottanta (1993)
  • Dinner Party (1994)
  • Biglietti Agli Amici (1997)
  • Racconti
    • La casa!...La casa!...
    • Desperados
    • Attraversamento dell'addio
    • Ragazzi a Natale
    • Pier a gennaio
    • Questa specie di patto
    • My sweet car
    • Un racconto sul vino
    • Sabato italiano

[edit] Criticism and Interpretation

Most of the criticism of Tondelli is in Italian, but there are a few well-researched monographs in English. Below is a list of English and Italian sources on the works and writings of Tondelli.

In February 2002, the University of Bristol's Italian Department and the Institute for Romance Studies held a conference on Tondelli, featuring papers on Tondelli's works and influence, which featured noted scholars from the United Kingdom, United States and Italy.[3]

[edit] Literary Criticism in English

  • Baranski, Zygmunt G. and Lino Pertile. The New Italian Novel. Writers of Italy. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1993.
  • Duncan, Derek. Reading and Writing Italian Homosexuality: A Case of Possible Difference. Aldershot, Hampshire, England: Ashgate, 2006.
  • Pallotta, Augustus. Italian Novelists Since World War II, 1965-1995. Dictionary of literary biography, v. 196. Detroit, Mich: Gale Research, 1998.

[edit] Literary Criticism in Italian

  • Buia, Elena. Verso casa : viaggio nella narrativa di Pier Vittorio Tondelli, 2000. This essay can be downloaded free from Liber Liber.
  • Masoni, Viller, and Fulvio Panzeri. Studi per Tondelli: le tesi di laurea e i saggi critici del Premio Tondelli 2001. Parma: Monte Università Parma, 2002.
  • Mondello, Elisabetta. In principio fu Tondelli: letteratura, merci, televisione nella narrativa degli anni Novanta. Cultura, 601. Milano: Il saggiatore, 2007.
  • Palandri, Enrico. Pier: Tondelli e la generazione. Contromano. Roma: Laterza, 2005.
  • Rota, Enos. Caro Pier--: i lettori di Tondelli: ritratto di una generazione. Milano: Selene, 2002.

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ glbtq >> literature >> Tondelli, Pier Vittorio
  2. ^ Tondelli, Pier Vittorio, and Fulvio Panzeri. Opere: romanzi, teatro, racconti. Classici Bompiani. Milano: Bompiani, 2000: liii
  3. ^ Bristol University - Department of Italian - Pier Vittorio Tondelli

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Persondata
NAME Tondelli, Pier Vittorio
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Italian novelist
DATE OF BIRTH September 14, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Correggio, Italy
DATE OF DEATH December 16, 1991
PLACE OF DEATH Reggio Emilia, Italy