Riccardo Bacchelli
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Riccardo Bacchelli was an Italian
writer.
His first novel was Il filo meraviglioso di Lodovico Clo’ (The wonderful thread of Lodovico Clo). Then he wrote La città degli amanti (The City of Lovers). He was one of the founders of the Bagutta Prize
.
His more popular work was Il mulino del Po (The Mill on the Po), (1938–1940). A film from the novel was released in 1949.
Later novels from 1967 to 1978 include: Il rapporto segreto (The secret relationship), Afrodite: un romanzo d'amore (Aphrodite: a love novel), Il progresso è un razzo (Progress is a rocket) and Il sommergibile (The submarine).
Riccardo Bacchelli was a member of the Royal Academy of Italy
. He was awarded the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
in 1971.
where he had been a soldier of Napoleon, and his family, through a full century till the First World War. Lazzaro owns a mill on the river Po
(hence the title) and, as well as his descendants, finds himself amid political turmoil, wars, economical hardship, class conflicts.
The historical, geographical and social background was painstakingly researched by Bacchelli, who was able to build a very large and comprehensive portrait of life in rural Italy in the 19th century.
The language and style of this novel show that Bacchelli held Alessandro Manzoni
as his model; the structure of Il mulino del Po reveals the author's attention to contemporary European novels.
Italy
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writer.
His first novel was Il filo meraviglioso di Lodovico Clo’ (The wonderful thread of Lodovico Clo). Then he wrote La città degli amanti (The City of Lovers). He was one of the founders of the Bagutta Prize
Bagutta Prize
The Bagutta Prize is an Italian literary prize.It originated in Milan's Bagutta Ristorante. The writer Riccardo Bacchelli discovered the restaurant and soon he had numerous friends who would dine together and discuss books. On 11 November 1927 they decided to create a literary prize and named it...
.
His more popular work was Il mulino del Po (The Mill on the Po), (1938–1940). A film from the novel was released in 1949.
Later novels from 1967 to 1978 include: Il rapporto segreto (The secret relationship), Afrodite: un romanzo d'amore (Aphrodite: a love novel), Il progresso è un razzo (Progress is a rocket) and Il sommergibile (The submarine).
Riccardo Bacchelli was a member of the Royal Academy of Italy
Royal Academy of Italy
The Royal Academy of Italy was an organization of Italian academians, intellectuals, and cultural figures created on 7 January 1926 by the Fascist government of the Kingdom of Italy by a royal decree, and effectively dissolved in 1943....
. He was awarded the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
The Order of Merit of the Italian Republic was founded as the senior order of knighthood by the second President of the Italian Republic, Luigi Einaudi in 1951...
in 1971.
Il mulino del Po
The novel narrates in more than 2000 pages the lives, adventures and problems of Lazzaro Scacerni, who comes back from RussiaRussia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
where he had been a soldier of Napoleon, and his family, through a full century till the First World War. Lazzaro owns a mill on the river Po
Po River
The Po |Ligurian]]: Bodincus or Bodencus) is a river that flows either or – considering the length of the Maira, a right bank tributary – eastward across northern Italy, from a spring seeping from a stony hillside at Pian del Re, a flat place at the head of the Val Po under the northwest face...
(hence the title) and, as well as his descendants, finds himself amid political turmoil, wars, economical hardship, class conflicts.
The historical, geographical and social background was painstakingly researched by Bacchelli, who was able to build a very large and comprehensive portrait of life in rural Italy in the 19th century.
The language and style of this novel show that Bacchelli held Alessandro Manzoni
Alessandro Manzoni
Alessandro Francesco Tommaso Manzoni was an Italian poet and novelist.He is famous for the novel The Betrothed , generally ranked among the masterpieces of world literature...
as his model; the structure of Il mulino del Po reveals the author's attention to contemporary European novels.
External links
- http://www.maat.it/livello2/fascismo-manifesto.htm
- http://www.riccardobacchelli.it/