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Giorgio Manganelli
Biography
Only two of Manganelli’s works of fiction are available in English, not surprisingly, and both published after his death by a small American publisher. Compare this with German – a much smaller market – where most of his works have been published by Klaus Wagenbach (who has also published other Italian authors not available in English). Of course, even well-read English mother tongue readers can probably only name three post-World War II Italian authors: Calvino, Eco and Moravia. And, no, I am not forgetting Pasolini but he is probably known more for his films than for his novels. Of course, Manganelli is experimental and experimental doesn’t sell (though you could say that Calvino is experimental). Though perhaps he should be read more, I do admit that I have struggled mightily with his work, much of which I have found unreadable and incomprehensible. But that is undoubtedly my fault.
Giorgio Manganelli was born in Milan in 1922. He graduated from the University of Pavia in political science. He worked most of his life as a teacher, including teaching English literature at the University of Rome. He was involved with many magazines, particularly those of an experimental nature but did not publish his first book till he was 42. His novels were generally experimental in nature. As well as writing novels and literary criticism, he also translated many works from English into Italian, particularly Edgar Allen Poe. He died in 1990.
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Bibliography
1964 Hilarotragoedia
1965 Discorso Sopra La DifficoltàdDi Comunicare coi Morti (Disquisition on the Difficulty of Communicating with the Dead)
1967 La letteratura come menzogna
1969 Nuovo commento
1972 Agli dei ulteriori (To Those Gods Beyond)
1973 Lunario dell’orfano sannita
1974 Cina e altri orienti
1974 A e B
1976 Sconclusione
1977 Pinocchio: un libro parallelo
1977 Cassio governa a Cipro
1979 Centuria (One Hundred Ouroboric Novels)
1981 Angosce di stile
1981 Amore
1982 Discorso dell’ombra e dello stemma
1985 Dall’inferno [From Hell]
1986 Laboriose inezie
1986 Tutti gli errori (All the Errors)
1987 Rumori o voci
1987 Salons
1989 Antologia privata
1989 Improvvisi per macchina da scrivere
1990 Encomio del tiranno
1991 La palude definitiva
1992 Il presepio
1992 Esperimento con l’India
1994 Il rumore sottile della prosa
1996 La notte
1997 Solo il mio corpo è reale: note su Stephen Spender
1997 Le interviste impossibili
1997 Il delitto rende ma è difficile
1999 De America: saggi e divagazioni sulla cultura statunitense
2000 Cerimonie e artifici
2001 La penombra mentale: Interviste e conversazioni 1965-1990
2001 Il vescovo e il ciarlatano
2002 Il personaggio
2002 Incorporei felini, primo e secondo volume
2002 Vita di Samuel Johnson
2002 L’infinita trama di Allah. Viaggi nell’ Islam 1973-1987
2003 L’impero romanzesco
2003 Ufo e altri oggetti non identificati
2003 Giorgio Manganelli e Giovanna Sandri, Costruire ricordi
2003 Improvvisi per macchina da scrivere
2003 Il romanzo inglese del Settecento
2005 La favola pitagorica: luoghi italiani
2005 Tragedie da leggere
2006 Un’allucinazione fiamminga
2006 Poesie
2006 L’isola pianeta e altri settentrioni
2007 Intervista a Dio
2007 Mammifero italiano
2008 Circolazione a più cuori
2010 I borborigmi di un’anima: carteggio Manganelli-Anceschi
2010 Album fotografico di Giorgio Manganelli
2011 Ti ucciderò, mia capitale
2015 Catatonia notturna
2015 Cerimonie & artifici
2015 Riunioni clandestine
2016 strosità rigorose di un consulente editoriale
2017 Il palato immaginario
2018 Una profonda invidia per la musica
2018 Non sparate sul recensore
2019 Quarte di nobiltà,
2019 Esiste Ascoli Piceno?
2020 Concupiscenza libraria
2022 Altre concupiscenze,
2022 Quel badalone di Morgante
2022 Un uomo pieno di morte
2023 Mia anima carnale. Lettere a Ebe
2023 Il vecchio gioco di esistere
2023 Emigrazioni oniriche