Francesco Leonetti
Francesco Leonetti | |
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| Born | 27 January 1924 Cosenza, Italy |
| Died | 17 December 2017 (aged 93) Milan, Italy |
| Occupations | 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.
Education and career
[edit]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.
Works
[edit]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]
He worked for 25 years in the field of e-learning. [7]
Selected works
[edit]- 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
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 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?") |
| 1969 | The Year of the Cannibals | Prime Minister | |
| 1972 | The Canterbury Tales | voice of the Tabard inn host | |
| 1997 | The Vesuvians | Corvo | (segment "La salita"), Voice, (final film role) |
References
[edit]- ↑ Marrone, Gaetana; Puppa, Paolo (26 December 2006). Encyclopedia of Italian Literary Studies. Routledge. ISBN 9781135455309.
- ↑ "Francesco Leonetti | Calabrians Most Famous". Archived from the original on 12 August 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
- ↑ Di Stefano, Paolo (17 December 2017). "Morto Francesco Leonetti, autore militante amico di Pasolini". Corriere della Sera. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
- ↑ "Leonetti, poeta militante che ha reso epica la quotidianità". La Stampa. 18 December 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
- ↑ "Francesco Leonetti". IMDb.
- ↑ "Treccani - la cultura italiana | Treccani, il portale del sapere".
- ↑ "#ELRPUB: Intervista con Francesco Leonetti". electronicliteraturereview. 15 June 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
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