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Roman Poems (Pocket Poets)
Pier Paolo Pasolini
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Description for Roman Poems (Pocket Poets)
Paperback. Translator(s): Ferlinghetti, Lawrence; Valente, F. Series: City Lights Pocket Poets Series. Num Pages: 96 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 150.
The Italian film-maker Pier Paolo Pasolini was first and always a poet--the most important civil poet, according to Alberto Moravia, in Italy in the second half of this century. His poems were at once deeply personal and passionately engaged in the political turmoil of his country. In 1949, after his homosexuality led the Italian Communist Party to expel him on charges of "moral and political unworthiness," Pasolini fled to Rome. This selection of poems from his early impoverished days on the outskirts of Rome to his last (with a backward longing glance at his native Friuli) is at the center ... Read more
The Italian film-maker Pier Paolo Pasolini was first and always a poet--the most important civil poet, according to Alberto Moravia, in Italy in the second half of this century. His poems were at once deeply personal and passionately engaged in the political turmoil of his country. In 1949, after his homosexuality led the Italian Communist Party to expel him on charges of "moral and political unworthiness," Pasolini fled to Rome. This selection of poems from his early impoverished days on the outskirts of Rome to his last (with a backward longing glance at his native Friuli) is at the center ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
City Lights Books
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Series
City Lights Pocket Poets Series
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
Monroe, OR, United States
ISBN
9780872861879
SKU
V9780872861879
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About Pier Paolo Pasolini
Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922-1975) was a major cultural figure in post-WW2 Italy, well-known as a poet, novelist, communist intellectual, and filmmaker. Controversial and openly homosexual, Pasolini was brutally murdered at the age of 53. Lawerence Ferlinghetti is the famous Beat poet and painter who founded City Lights Books in San Francisco.His most recent books are How To Paint Sunlight (poetry) ... Read more
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