Beppe Fenoglio
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Beppe Fenoglio was an Italian writer. His work was published in a critical edition after his death, but controversy remains about his book Il partigiano Johnny (translated as Johnny the Partisan), often considered his best work, which was published posthumously (and incomplete) in 1968.
The works of Fenoglio have two main themes: the rural world of the Langhe
and the partisan war; equally, the writer has two styles: the chronicle and the epos. His first work was in the neorealist
style: La paga del sabato (this was published posthumously too, in 1969)
The novel was turned down by Elio Vittorini
who advised Fenoglio to carve out stories and then incorporate them into the I ventitré giorni della città di Alba ("The twenty-three days of the city of Alba") (1952). These stories were a chronicle of the Italian Partisans or of rural life. One of such works was La malora (1954), a long story in the style of Giovanni Verga
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The works of Fenoglio have two main themes: the rural world of the Langhe
Langhe
The Langhe is a hilly area to the south and east of the river Tanaro in the province of Cuneo in Piedmont, northern Italy....
and the partisan war; equally, the writer has two styles: the chronicle and the epos. His first work was in the neorealist
Neorealism (art)
In art, neorealism was established by the ex-Camden Town Group painters Charles Ginner and Harold Gilman at the beginning of World War I. They set out to explore the spirit of their age through the shapes and colours of daily life...
style: La paga del sabato (this was published posthumously too, in 1969)
The novel was turned down by Elio Vittorini
Elio Vittorini
Elio Vittorini was an Italian writer and novelist. He was a contemporary of Cesare Pavese and an influential voice in the modernist school of novel writing. His best-known work is the anti-fascist novel Conversations in Sicily, for which he was jailed when it was published in 1941. The first U.S...
who advised Fenoglio to carve out stories and then incorporate them into the I ventitré giorni della città di Alba ("The twenty-three days of the city of Alba") (1952). These stories were a chronicle of the Italian Partisans or of rural life. One of such works was La malora (1954), a long story in the style of Giovanni Verga
Giovanni Verga
Giovanni Carmelo Verga was an Italian realist writer, best known for his depictions of life in Sicily, and especially for the short story "Cavalleria Rusticana" and the novel I Malavoglia .-Life and career:The first son of Giovanni Battista Catalano Verga and Caterina Di Mauro,...
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Works
- L'affare dell'anima e altri racconti
- Appunti partigiani : '44-'45
- Una crociera agli antipodi e altri racconti fantastici
- Un giorno di fuoco
- L'imboscata
- Lettere : 1940-1962
- La paga del sabato
- Il partigiano Johnny
- La malora
- Primavera di bellezza : romanzo
- Una questione privata
- I ventitré giorni della città di Alba