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deeply shook his convictions in Communism and made him decide to largely abandon writing, leaving unfinished work which was to be published in unedited form posthumously. For the remainder of his life, Vittorini continued in his post as an editor. In 1959, he co-founded with Calvino
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Vittorini was one of the most prominent writers of Italian Neorealism in literature. His own works of fiction, along with his translations of such American and English writers as
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After the war, Vittorini chiefly concentrated on his work as editor, helping publish work by young Italians such as
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by Demetrio Vittorini. Bellinzona : Salvioni, 2000. (Demetrio Vittorini is Elio Vittorini's son.)
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which he edited was, once more, delayed by censorship. Remaining an outspoken critic of
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The Left Bank: Writers, Artists, and Politics from the Popular Front to the Cold War
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school of novel writing. His best-known work, in English speaking countries, is the
362: 215: 168: 156: 152: 137: 106: 52: 391:"Elio Vittorini | Italian Novelist, Poet & Journalist | Britannica" 354: 328: 144: 159:, had a considerable impact on the movement and on Italian post-war literature. 366: 250: 238: 180: 423:"Neorealism | Post-WWII Aesthetic & Social Realism | Britannica" 494: 148: 119: 230:. Also in 1945, he briefly became the editor of the Italian Communist daily 350: 253:. His last major published work of fiction during his lifetime was 1956's 188: 172: 127: 179:
to work as a type corrector (a line of work he abandoned in 1934 due to
232: 409:"Italian literature - Hermetic, Renaissance, Poetry | Britannica" 32: 358: 123: 218:'s regime, Vittorini was arrested and jailed in 1942. He joined the 176: 246: 140:, whose style influenced Vittorini and that novel in particular. 191:, due to fascist censorship. In 1937, he was expelled from the 56: 207: 73: 485:
Un padre e un figlio. Biografia famigliare di Elio Vittorini
272:list. He died in Milan in 1966. He was an atheist. 492: 435: 226:, which provided the basis for his 1945 novel 442:. University of Chicago Press. p. 252. 31: 275: 222:and began taking an active role in the 493: 105: 436:Herbert Lottman (15 November 1998). 84:Writer, novelist, editor, politician 536:Italian Communist Party politicians 526:Italian resistance movement members 13: 14: 582: 556:20th-century Italian male writers 466:, Edizioni Pendragon, 2005, p. 11 257:. The news of the events of the 546:20th-century Italian translators 541:20th-century Italian politicians 349:He also translated the works of 122:and an influential voice in the 206:In 1939 he moved, this time to 187:were not published until after 551:20th-century Italian novelists 456: 429: 415: 401: 383: 195:for writing in support of the 1: 376: 282:Racconti di piccola borghesia 516:People from Syracuse, Sicily 7: 462:Berti Arnoaldi, Francesco, 107:[ˈɛːljovittoˈriːni] 16:Italian writer and novelist 10: 587: 473: 175:, after which he moved to 571:Italian magazine founders 561:Italian newspaper editors 521:People of Emilian descent 373:and others into Italian. 88: 80: 63: 39: 30: 23: 566:Italian male journalists 298:Conversazione in Sicilia 303:Conversations in Sicily 270:Italian Socialist Party 220:Italian Communist Party 162: 133:Conversations in Sicily 327:(1949) (Translated by 193:National Fascist Party 167:Vittorini was born in 531:Italian anti-fascists 339:Erica e suoi fratelli 255:Erica and her Sisters 276:Partial bibliography 511:Writers from Sicily 325:Le donne di Messina 212:American literature 395:www.britannica.com 259:Hungarian Uprising 210:. An anthology of 464:L'amico cattolico 449:978-0-226-49368-8 292:The Red Carnation 288:Il garofano rosso 201:Spanish Civil War 185:The Red Carnation 96: 95: 578: 467: 460: 454: 453: 433: 427: 426: 419: 413: 412: 405: 399: 398: 387: 333:Women of Messina 216:Benito Mussolini 169:Syracuse, Sicily 157:Ernest Hemingway 153:William Faulkner 138:Ernest Hemingway 117: 116: 115: 109: 104: 70: 67:12 February 1966 49: 47: 35: 21: 20: 586: 585: 581: 580: 579: 577: 576: 575: 491: 490: 476: 471: 470: 461: 457: 450: 434: 430: 421: 420: 416: 407: 406: 402: 397:. 19 July 2024. 389: 388: 384: 379: 341:(Translated as 329:Frances Frenaye 314:Men and not Men 312:(Translated as 300:(Translated as 290:(Translated as 278: 228:Men and not Men 165: 145:William Saroyan 111: 110: 102: 72: 68: 51: 45: 43: 26: 17: 12: 11: 5: 584: 574: 573: 568: 563: 558: 553: 548: 543: 538: 533: 528: 523: 518: 513: 508: 503: 489: 488: 475: 472: 469: 468: 455: 448: 428: 414: 400: 381: 380: 378: 375: 347: 346: 336: 318: 317: 307: 295: 285: 277: 274: 239:Il Politecnico 181:lead poisoning 164: 161: 99:Elio Vittorini 94: 93: 90: 86: 85: 82: 78: 77: 71:(aged 57) 65: 61: 60: 41: 37: 36: 28: 27: 25:Elio Vittorini 24: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 583: 572: 569: 567: 564: 562: 559: 557: 554: 552: 549: 547: 544: 542: 539: 537: 534: 532: 529: 527: 524: 522: 519: 517: 514: 512: 509: 507: 504: 502: 499: 498: 496: 486: 483: 482: 481: 480: 465: 459: 451: 445: 441: 440: 432: 424: 418: 410: 404: 396: 392: 386: 382: 374: 372: 368: 364: 360: 356: 352: 344: 340: 337: 334: 330: 326: 323: 322: 321: 315: 311: 308: 305: 304: 299: 296: 293: 289: 286: 283: 280: 279: 273: 271: 267: 266: 260: 256: 252: 248: 243: 241: 240: 235: 234: 229: 225: 221: 217: 213: 209: 204: 202: 198: 194: 190: 186: 182: 178: 174: 170: 160: 158: 154: 150: 149:D.H. Lawrence 146: 141: 139: 135: 134: 129: 125: 121: 120:Cesare Pavese 114: 108: 100: 91: 87: 83: 79: 75: 66: 62: 58: 54: 42: 38: 34: 29: 22: 19: 484: 478: 477: 463: 458: 438: 431: 417: 403: 394: 385: 348: 342: 338: 332: 324: 319: 313: 309: 301: 297: 291: 287: 281: 263: 254: 244: 237: 231: 227: 205: 199:side in the 189:World War II 184: 173:Julian March 166: 142: 131: 128:anti-fascist 98: 97: 69:(1966-02-12) 50:23 July 1908 18: 506:1966 deaths 501:1908 births 479:Biographies 310:Uomini e no 236:and weekly 495:Categories 377:References 224:Resistance 197:Republican 81:Occupation 46:1908-07-23 359:Steinbeck 265:Il Menabò 124:modernist 367:Lawrence 363:Faulkner 251:Fenoglio 233:L'Unita 177:Florence 103:Italian: 89:Language 53:Syracuse 474:Sources 371:Maugham 345:, 1956) 335:, 1973) 316:, 1945) 306:, 1941) 294:, 1933) 247:Calvino 92:Italian 76:, Italy 59:, Italy 446:  284:(1931) 155:, and 130:novel 57:Sicily 351:Defoe 343:Erica 208:Milan 74:Milan 444:ISBN 249:and 163:Life 64:Died 40:Born 355:Poe 497:: 393:. 369:, 365:, 361:, 357:, 353:, 331:, 242:. 203:. 151:, 147:, 55:, 452:. 425:. 411:. 101:( 48:) 44:(

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Syracuse
Sicily
Milan
[ˈɛːljovittoˈriːni]

Cesare Pavese
modernist
anti-fascist
Conversations in Sicily
Ernest Hemingway
William Saroyan
D.H. Lawrence
William Faulkner
Ernest Hemingway
Syracuse, Sicily
Julian March
Florence
lead poisoning
World War II
National Fascist Party
Republican
Spanish Civil War
Milan
American literature
Benito Mussolini
Italian Communist Party
Resistance
L'Unita
Il Politecnico

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