Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922–1975)
Author of The Ragazzi
About the Author
Born in Bologna, Pasolini spent most of his childhood at his mother's birthplace in Friuli, where he learned the local dialect that he used in his first, last, and best poetry. He became a teacher in a local Communist party chapter, but was accused of blatant immorality in 1949, fired from his job, show more and expelled from the party. With his mother, he went to Rome, spending much time in the slums, mastering the Roman dialect. His novel Ragazzi di Vita (1955), based on his Roman street experience, established him as the leading neorealistic writer of the day. His second neorealistic novel, A Violent Life (1959), brought him greater success. Before long, however, he rejected neorealism and began to live for art's sake. Thereafter, except for what he called his "cat-like" nocturnal prowling for homosexual sex or love, Pasolini "did not lose a moment," as Cecelia Ross aptly said, "in his efforts to lay new directions for literature as well as for theater and television." He poured all his talents and energies into his major films, starting with The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964), which sustains the mood of Bach's music, and running through The Hawks and the Sparrows (1966), Oedipus Rex (1967), Pigsty, Medea (1970), and a trilogy made up of The Decameron (1970), Canterbury Tales (1971), and Arabian Nights (1974). Throughout his works, Pasolini explored the culture and language of the outcasts living in the shabby Roman periphery. Shortly before he died, Pasolini published a revised and enlarged edition of his dialect poems, La nuova gioventu (The New Youth) (1975). Pasolini was murdered by being run over several times with his own car, dying on 2 November 1975 on the beach at Ostia, near Rome. Pasolini was buried in Casarsa. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Series
Works by Pier Paolo Pasolini
The Gospel According to St. Matthew [1964 film] (1964) — Director; Screenwriter — 66 copies, 2 reviews
Trilogy of Life: The Decameron / Canterbury Tales / Arabian Nights (1971) — Director; Screenwriter — 53 copies, 1 review
Oedipus Rex [1967 film] — Director — 14 copies
Accattone / Love Meetings 4 copies
Bestemmia, I (Tutte le poesie) 4 copies
La poesia popolare italiana 4 copies
Corpi e luoghi 3 copies
Poesie e pagine ritrovate 3 copies
Versi dal paese dell'anima 3 copies
Pier Paolo Pasolini 20 3 copies
Pigsty [1969 film] 3 copies
Salò or The 120 days of Sodom 2 copies
Besta de Estilo 2 copies
Pilades 2 copies
Il mio calcio 2 copies
Accattone 2 copies
{4}: Pasolini e i moderni: Novecento 2 copies
Per il cinema 2 copies
Canzoniere Italiano 2 2 copies
Diálogo com Pier Paolo Pasolini 2 copies
Vredens år 2 copies
La sequenza del fiore di carta 2 copies
La ricotta 2 copies
Affabulazione ; Pilade 2 copies
HEPİMİZ TEHLİKEDEYİZ 1 copy
Testamento del Corpo 1 copy
Capriccio all'italiana. DVD 1 copy
Transhumar y organizar 1 copy
Vita di Pasolini 1 copy
Disegni e pitture 1 copy
Accattone Mamma Roma 1 copy
Últimos Escritos 1 copy
El caos - Contra el terror 1 copy
Pasolini, Poeta 1 copy
Canzoniere italiano 1 1 copy
Muchachos de la calle 1 copy
Dalla nebulosa all'uomo 1 copy
Il portico della morte 1 copy
Eine Wissenschaft vom Licht - Pier Paolo Pasolinis späte Gedichte /Das Eichmann-Feld - Robert Duncan (2009) 1 copy
Ragazzi di vita 1 copy
Pier Paolo Pasolini. La forma dello sguardo. Catalogo della mostra (Milano, Arengario, 1993) (1993) 1 copy
Ostia [1970 film] — Screenwriter — 1 copy
Accattone y Mamma Roma 1 copy
JETE E DHUNSHME 1 copy
Accattone. Mamma Roma 1 copy
Las Películas de los Otros 1 copy
DJEM JETE 1 copy
Poesia in forma di rosa 1 copy
Bestemmia (3-4) 1 copy
Philippe Seclier - La Longue Route De Sable, Pier Paolo Pasolini by Pier Paolo Pasolini (2014-10-01) (1654) 1 copy
Pasolini e il Corriere 1 copy
Antologia 1 copy
Per conoscere Pasolini 1 copy
/2!: Il caos 1 copy
Epoca! Scritti Corsari 1 copy
Pilad 1 copy
Intervjuji (sa Ezra Poundom) 1 copy
Romàns 1 copy
Une amitié poétique: Comprenant : Solitude ; Le craquement du corps fracassé et les Ecrits sur… (2022) 1 copy
Poetry 1 copy
Ulicznicy 1 copy
Teorama 1 copy
Le Chaos 1 copy
Gramsciho popel 1 copy
Poesie a Casarsa 1 copy
A trilogia da vida (DVD) 1 copy
Caos: Crônicas Políticas 1 copy
Porcile 1 copy
Violent Life [1962 film] 1 copy
El somni d'una cosa 1 copy
Teorema 1 copy
Associated Works
Requiescant [1967 film] — Actor — 5 copies
Dark Ages Clasp the Daisy Root #6 — Contributor — 2 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Pasolini, Pier Paolo
- Legal name
- Pasolini, Pier Paolo
- Birthdate
- 1922-03-05
- Date of death
- 1975-11-02
- Burial location
- Cimitero di Casarsa Della Delizia, Casarsa, Friuli, Italy
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Italy
- Birthplace
- Bologna, Italy
- Place of death
- Ostia, Italy
- Cause of death
- murder
- Places of residence
- Bologna, Italy
Rome, Italy - Education
- University of Bologna (BA|1945)
- Occupations
- film director
writer
poet - Relationships
- Vincenzo Cerami (mentor)
Members
Reviews
Una scorribanda senza respiro, un quadro violento, grottesco e tragico spezzettato dai salti temporali dei capitoli e reso coeso dal tour de force nella lingua dialettale. Personaggi caratterizzati sulla superficie, sui corpi e nella camminata, e non per questo meno memorabili. Pasolini riesce perfettamente a descrivere la miseria e l'eroismo negativo dei suoi personaggi.
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Statistics
- Works
- 357
- Also by
- 7
- Members
- 5,054
- Popularity
- #4,953
- Rating
- 4.1
- Reviews
- 76
- ISBNs
- 654
- Languages
- 22
- Favorited
- 16
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