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Francesco Leonetti

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Francesco Leonetti
Born(1924-01-27)27 January 1924
Cosenza, Italy
Died17 December 2017(2017-12-17) (aged 93)
Milan, Italy
Occupation(s)Poet, novelist, teacher, political activist

Francesco Leonetti (27 January 1924[1][2] – 17 December 2017) was an Italian poet, novelist, art critic, teacher and political activist.

Biography

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Leonetti was born in Cosenza in Calabria. In 1955 he moved to Bologna to study philosophy. There he met Pier Paolo Pasolini and Roberto Roversi, and together they co-founded the magazine Officina.[3][4] In the 1960s he co-founded with Elio Vittorini and Italo Calvino the literary magazine Il Menabò. In 1963 he joined the Neoavanguardia avant-garde Italian literary movement.

Leonetti collaborated with Pasolini again in 1964, playing the part of Herod Antipas in The Gospel According to St. Matthew. He also provided the voice of the sparrow in The Hawks and the Sparrows (1966) and played the part of the servant Laio in the 1967 film Oedipus Rex.[5]

In the 1970s he co-edited with Nanni Balestrini the magazine Alfabeta. In 1974 he authored a monograph on Italian sculptor Arnaldo Pomodoro. From 1975 to 1995 he taught Aesthetics at the Brera Academy in Milan.[6]

Selected works

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  • Sopra una perduta estate (1942)
  • La cantica (1959)
  • L’incompleto (1964)
  • Irati e sereni (1974)
  • Conoscenza per errore (studente a Bologna del 48–49) (1978)
  • In uno scacco (1979)
  • Campo di battaglia (1981)
  • Palla di filo (1986)
  • La vita e gli amici (1992)
  • La voce del corvo. Una vita (1940–2001) (2002)
  • Scritti estremi di rabbia e di gioco. Narrazione, poesie, scene e prose (2005)
  • Una come un'altra (2015)

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
1964 The Gospel According to St. Matthew Erode II
1966 The Hawks and the Sparrows Crow Voice, Uncredited
1967 Oedipus Rex Servo di Laio
1968 Caprice Italian Style Il Burattinaio (segment "Che cosa sono le nuvole?")
1970 I cannibali Prime Minister
1972 The Canterbury Tales voice of the Tabard inn host
1997 The Vesuvians Corvo (segment "La salita"), Voice, (final film role)

References

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  1. ^ Marrone, Gaetana; Puppa, Paolo (26 December 2006). Encyclopedia of Italian Literary Studies. Routledge. ISBN 9781135455309.
  2. ^ "Francesco Leonetti | Calabrians Most Famous". Archived from the original on 12 August 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
  3. ^ Di Stefano, Paolo (17 December 2017). "Morto Francesco Leonetti, autore militante amico di Pasolini". Corriere della Sera. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Leonetti, poeta militante che ha reso epica la quotidianità". La Stampa. 18 December 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
  5. ^ "Francesco Leonetti". IMDb.
  6. ^ "Treccani - la cultura italiana | Treccani, il portale del sapere".