Antonio Porta (author)
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Antonio Porta was an author and poet and one of the founders of the Italian literary movement Gruppo 63
.
. During his time as an editor he wrote a collection of poems to be included in the anthology
I novissimi (1961), which included works by Elio Pagliarani
, Edoardo Sanguineti
, Alfredo Giuliani, and Nanni Balestrini
.
, Reggio Emilia
, La Sapienza, and Fano
.
From 1963 to 1967 Porta was actively involved in the editing of another avanguard magazine Malebolge from Reggio Emilia
. In these years he also began working in visual poetry participating in exhibitions in Padova, Rome
, Milan
, and London
. His work that is most linked to this period is Zero (1963).
and collaborated with Tuttolibri, Panorama
, L'Europeo
. He was the director and active editor of the monthly Alfabeta and La Gola.
From 1982 to 1988 he taught at the University of Chieti
, then Yale
, the University of Pavia
, the Sapienza University of Rome, and the University of Bologna
.
Neoavanguardia
The neoavanguardia was an avant-garde Italian literary movement, characterized by a strong push towards formal experimentation in language...
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Biography
Antonio Porta was born (as Leo Paolazzi) in Vicenza in 1935. In 1958 he became an editor of the literary magazine il verri under Luciano AnceschiLuciano Anceschi
Luciano Anceschi was an Italian literary critic and essayist. A pupil of Antonio Banfi, from whom he graduated in 1934, he taught at the Faculty of Literature and Philosophy at the University of Bologna and became part of the cultural group Corrente di Vita...
. During his time as an editor he wrote a collection of poems to be included in the anthology
Anthology
An anthology is a collection of literary works chosen by the compiler. It may be a collection of poems, short stories, plays, songs, or excerpts...
I novissimi (1961), which included works by Elio Pagliarani
Elio Pagliarani
Elio Pagliarani is an Italian poet and literary critic, who belonged to the avant-garde Gruppo 63 movemement. He was born in Viserba, near Rimini....
, Edoardo Sanguineti
Edoardo Sanguineti
Edoardo Sanguineti was an Italian writer who was born in Genoa.-Biography:During the 1960s he was a leader of the neo avant-garde Gruppo 63 movement, founded in 1963 at Solunto....
, Alfredo Giuliani, and Nanni Balestrini
Nanni Balestrini
Nanni Balestrini is an Italian experimental poet, author and visual artist of the Neoavanguardia movement.- Context :Nanni Balestrini is associated with the Italian writers movement Neoavanguardia. He wrote for the magazine Il Verri, co-directed Alfabeta and was one of the Italian writers...
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Gruppo 63
From his experience with il verri he began collaborating with an avanguard Italian movement called Gruppo 63. While working to develop their ideas Porta travelled to the conventions they had in PalermoPalermo
Palermo is a city in Southern Italy, the capital of both the autonomous region of Sicily and the Province of Palermo. The city is noted for its history, culture, architecture and gastronomy, playing an important role throughout much of its existence; it is over 2,700 years old...
, Reggio Emilia
Reggio Emilia
Reggio Emilia is an affluent city in northern Italy, in the Emilia-Romagna region. It has about 170,000 inhabitants and is the main comune of the Province of Reggio Emilia....
, La Sapienza, and Fano
Fano
Fano is a town and comune of the province of Pesaro and Urbino in the Marche region of Italy. It is a beach resort 12 km southeast of Pesaro, located where the Via Flaminia reaches the Adriatic Sea...
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From 1963 to 1967 Porta was actively involved in the editing of another avanguard magazine Malebolge from Reggio Emilia
Reggio Emilia
Reggio Emilia is an affluent city in northern Italy, in the Emilia-Romagna region. It has about 170,000 inhabitants and is the main comune of the Province of Reggio Emilia....
. In these years he also began working in visual poetry participating in exhibitions in Padova, Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
, Milan
Milan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
, and London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
. His work that is most linked to this period is Zero (1963).
Later career
He contributed as a literary critic for renowned Italian newspapers like Il Corriere della Sera, and Il GiornoIl Giorno
Il giorno is a poem written by Giuseppe Parini and published in 1763 . It is an ironic and satirical representation of the aristocracy of his time. His poem represents the beginning of polite literature in Italy....
and collaborated with Tuttolibri, Panorama
Panorama
A panorama is any wide-angle view or representation of a physical space, whether in painting, drawing, photography, film/video, or a three-dimensional model....
, L'Europeo
L'Europeo
L'Europeo was a prominent Italian weekly news magazine launched on November 4, 1945, by the founder-editors Gianni Mazzocchi and Arrigo Benedetti. The magazine stopped publication in 1995.-Orientation:...
. He was the director and active editor of the monthly Alfabeta and La Gola.
From 1982 to 1988 he taught at the University of Chieti
Chieti
Chieti is a city and comune in Central Italy, 200 km northeast of Rome. It is the capital of the Province of Chieti in the Abruzzo region...
, then Yale
YALE
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, the University of Pavia
University of Pavia
The University of Pavia is a university located in Pavia, Lombardy, Italy. It was founded in 1361 and is organized in 9 Faculties.-History:...
, the Sapienza University of Rome, and the University of Bologna
University of Bologna
The Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna is the oldest continually operating university in the world, the word 'universitas' being first used by this institution at its foundation. The true date of its founding is uncertain, but believed by most accounts to have been 1088...
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External links
- Comune (municipality) of BolognaBolognaBologna is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna, in the Po Valley of Northern Italy. The city lies between the Po River and the Apennine Mountains, more specifically, between the Reno River and the Savena River. Bologna is a lively and cosmopolitan Italian college city, with spectacular history,...
information for a convention on Antonio Porta http://www.comune.bologna.it/archiginnasio/conferenze/porta.htm - Video clip of the poem Devo finire un sogno su videopoesia - http://vimeo.com/1143854