Ivan Della Mea

Ivan Della Mea
Birth name Luigi Della Mea
Born 16 October 1940
Origin Lucca, Italy
Died 14 June 2009 (aged 68)
Milan, Italy
Genres Folk music
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter
Instruments Vocals, Guitar
Years active 1962–2009
Labels I dischi del sole
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Ivan Della Mea (born Luigi Della Mea, 16 October 1940 – died 14 June 2009) was an Italian novelist, journalist, singer-songwriter and political activist.

Biography

Born in Lucca, his family moved to Milan when he was a child. He worked in a factory, but eventually started to work at a small newspaper, Stasera.

In 1956 he joined the Italian Communist Party (PCI). He started his career as a singer and songwriter in Milanese dialect the same year.

In the 1960s, he belonged to the Italian Nuova canzone politica and became active in the magazine Nuovo Canzoniere Italiano. As a writer he started publishing some works in the 1980s/1990s, including three novels, and as a journalist. With his brother, Luciano, he wrote for Il Grandevetro, and worked at l'Unità and Liberazione.

His brother was political activist Luciano Della Mea (1924–2003).

Discography

Albums

  • Io so che un giorno (1966, LP)
  • Il rosso è diventato giallo (1979, LP)
  • La balorda (1972, LP)
  • Se qualcuno ti fa morto (1972, LP)
  • Ringhera (1974, LP)
  • Fiaba grande (1975, LP)
  • La piccola ragione di allegria (1978, LP)
  • Sudadio giudabestia (1979, LP)
  • Sudadio giudabestia 2 (1980, LP)
  • Karlett (1983, LP)
  • Ho male all'orologio (1997, CD)
  • La cantagranda forse walzer (2000, CD)

EP and 45 rpm

  • Ballate della violenza (1962, EP)
  • Ho letto sul giornale (1964, EP)
  • La mia vita ormai (1965, EP)
  • O cara moglie/Io ti chiedo di fare all'amore (1966, 45 rpm)
  • Ciò che voi non dite/La linea rossa (1967, 45 rpm, with G.Marini)
  • La nave dei folli (EP, 1972)

Literature

Works of Ivan Della Mea:

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