Giorgio Manganelli, (born November 11, 1922 in Milan, Italy, died May 28, 1990 in Rome) was an Italian Avant-garde novelist and critic. He was one of the leaders of the Avant-garde movement in Italy in the 1960s. November 11 is the 315th day of the year (316th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 50 days remaining. ... Year 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar). ... Milan (Italian: ; Lombard: Milán (listen)) is the main city of northern Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. ... May 28 is the 148th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (149th in leap years). ... 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nickname: The Eternal City Motto: SPQR: Senatus PopulusQue Romanus Location of the city of Rome (yellow) within the Province of Rome (red) and region of Lazio (grey) Coordinates: Region Lazio Province Province of Rome Founded 21 April 753 BC - Mayor Walter Veltroni Area - City 1285 km² (580 sq mi) - Urban... A work similar to Marcel Duchamps Fountain Avant garde (written avant-garde) is a French phrase, one of many French phrases used by English speakers. ...
Manganelli translated both Edgar Allen Poe's and T.S. Eliot's complete works into Italian. He published an experimental novel, Hilarotragoedia, in 1964, doing so as part of the avant-garde Gruppo 63 (Group 63). Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809–October 7, 1849) was an American poet, short story writer, editor and critic. ... Thomas Stearns Eliot (September 26, 1888 - January 4, 1965), was a major Modernist Anglo-American poet, dramatist, and literary critic. ...
Works
1964 Hilarotragedia
1972 Agli dei ulteriori
1974 Cina e altri orienti
1977 Pinocchio: un libro parallelo
1979 Centuria
1981 Angosce di stile
1982 Discorso dell'ombra e dello stemma
1985 Dall'inferno
1985 La letteratura come menzogna
1986 Salons
1986 Laboriose inezie
1987 Rumori o voci
1987 Tutti gli errori
1989 Antologia privata
1989 Improvvisi per macchina da scrivere
1990 Encomio del tiranno
1992 Esperimento con l'India
1992 La palude definitica
1994 Il rumore sottile della prosa
1996 La notte
2001 La penombra mentale. Interviste e conversazioni 1965-1990
2002, L' infinita trama di Allah. Viaggi nell' Islam 1973-1987
Awards
1979 Viareggio Prize in Literature: Centuria The Viareggio Literary Prize is a prestigious Italian literary award, started in 1930, and is named after the Tuscan city of Viareggio. ...
GiorgioManganelli describes the contents of Centuria as "one hundred romans fleuves".
Manganelli writes with great precision, and these stories are crafted like those by Borges or Monterroso, the wild imaginings contrasting with the exacting style.
They say it is a question of an old and fairly silly superstition, and in truth the conviction that human beings exist is mainly current among the lower classes.
Manganelli's "novels" telescope time so that his characters end where they started, like the ouroborous of the subtitle—an ancient symbol of renewal showing a snake that bites its tail.
In his preface, Manganelli writes that for maximum effect, readers should be installed on separate landings of a building and made to read one line while the Supreme Reader, who has flung himself from the roof, passes each floor's window.
Manganelli warns, "It is understood that the number of the building's floors must exactly correspond to the number of the lines and that there will be no ambiguity on the second floor and mezzanine, which might cause an embarrassing silence before the impact." Less gory but equally satisfying surprises fill the stories themselves.
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