Gian Maria Annovi
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Gian Maria Annovi | |
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| Born | February 1, 1978 |
| Occupation | Poet, critic, scholar |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Period | 1998 - present |
Gian Maria Annovi (born February 1, 1978) is an Italian poet, essayist, and professor. He has published five collections of poetry, along with appearing in various literary journals, and anthologies. He is currently an Associate Professor of Italian and Comparative Literature at the University of Southern California.[1]
Life and work
[edit]Gian Maria Annovi was born and raised in Italy. He studied Philosophy at the University of Bologna where he graduated with a dissertation on Giacomo Leopardi and Andrea Zanzotto (Special Mention, Giacomo Leopardi Prize). He then pursued graduate research in the field of Contemporary Italian Literature under the direction of Niva Lorenzini at the University of Bologna. After studying abroad at the Universitat de Barcelona, Spain, and at the University of California Los Angeles, Annovi attended Columbia University and pursued a Ph.D. in Italian Studies under the direction of Paolo Valesio. In 2011, his Ph.D. dissertation on writer and filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini received the ‘Pier Paolo Pasolini Award for Best Doctoral Dissertation’.[2] He taught at the University of Denver from 2011 to 2013 before joining USC.
As a scholar, Annovi has published a book on the relationship between subjectivity and corporeality in the poetry of Italian authors such as Rosselli, Zanzotto, Sanguineti, Porta, Spatola, and Pasolini.[3] In 2017, his second book,[4] Pier Paolo Pasolini: Performing Authorship,[5] received the XVI International Flaiano Prize for Italian Studies, and the Howard R. Marraro Prize for Italian Studies from the Modern Languages Association.[6] He is the editor of four volumes and the author of numerous book chapters and articles on Italian poetry, the Italian Neo-avant-garde, and Pier Paolo Pasolini. In 2015 he received a Creative Capital | The Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant.[7]
He debuted as a poet at age twenty with a collection of poems entitled Denkmal (1998).[8] His second collection, Terza persona cortese (2007), received the Premio Mazzacurati-Russo.[9] In 2010, he published the bilingual collection Kamikaze e altre persone, with an introduction by Antonella Anedda, and an original EP by Joseph Keckler. In 2013, La scolta received the Premio Marazza.[10] The same year, Annovi won the Immaginare Poesia Prize[11] and Elena Baucke realized a short film based on one of his poems.[12] In 2024, his book Discomparse was a finalist for the Strega Prize for Poetry.[13] His work has been included in various anthologies and has been translated into English,[14][15] French, and Spanish.[16]
In 2017, New York-based Italian composer, Roberto Scarcella Perino realized a madrigal for women’s choir and mezzo based on La scolta.[17][18]
Bibliography
[edit]- Denkmal (1998). Edizioni L'Obliquo.
- Self-Eaters (2007). Emilio Mazzoli Editore.
- Terza persona cortese (2007). Edizioni d'if.
- Altri corpi. Poesia e corporalità negli anni sessanta (2008). Gedit Edizioni.
- Kamikaze e altre persone (2010). Transeuropa Edizioni.
- Antonio Porta, Piercing the Page. Selected Poems 1959-1989. With an essay by Umberto Eco. Edited by Gian Maria Annovi. (2012) Otis Books.
- Fratello selvaggio: Pier Paolo Pasolini tra gioventù e nuova gioventù. Edited by Gian Maria Annovi (2013). Transeuropa Edizioni.
- Italics (2013). Aragno Editore.
- La scolta (2013). Nottetempo.
- Amelia Rosselli. Impromptu. A Trilingual Translation. Edited by Gian Maria Annovi. (2014). Guernica Editions.
- Anna Maria Ortese: Celestial Geographies. Edited by Gian Maria Annovi and Flora Ghezzo. (2015). University of Toronto Press.
- Pier Paolo Pasolini: Performing Authorship (2017). Columbia University Press.
- Persona presente con passato imperfetto (2018). Lietocolle.
- Discomparse (2023). Aragno Editore.
References
[edit]- ^ "Faculty Profile > USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences". dornsife.usc.edu. Retrieved 2017-06-26.
- ^ "XXVIII Premio Pasolini Tesi di laurea | Centro Studi Pier Paolo Pasolini Casarsa della Delizia". www.centrostudipierpaolopasolinicasarsa.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2017-06-26.
- ^ Annovi, Gian Maria (2008). Altri corpi: poesia e corporalità negli anni Sessanta (in Italian). Gedit.
- ^ "Pordenonelegge, annunciati i vincitori di Immaginare poesia - 6 poem trailer - Libreriamo". libreriamo.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2017-08-14.
- ^ Re, Lucia (2017). "Gian Maria Annovi, Pier Paolo Pasolini: Performing Authorship". Forum Italicum: A Journal of Italian Studies. 51 (3). doi:10.1177/0014585817720176.
- ^ "Premi internazionali Flaiano: i nomi dei finalisti". ilGiornale.it. Retrieved 2017-06-26.
- ^ "Gian-Maria Annovi - Grantees - Arts Writers Grant Program". www.artswriters.org. Retrieved 2017-06-26.
- ^ Pioli, Paolo. "Edizioni L'Obliquo". www.edizionilobliquo.it. Retrieved 2017-06-26.
- ^ ""i miosotìs". Risultati della sezione italiana - edizioni d'if". www.edizionidif.it. Retrieved 2017-06-26.
- ^ "Premio Marazza – FONDAZIONE MARAZZA". lnx.fondazionemarazza.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2017-06-26.
- ^ "Pordenonelegge, annunciati i vincitori di Immaginare poesia - 6 poem trailer - Libreriamo". libreriamo.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2017-08-14.
- ^ Fondazione.Milano scuole civiche milano (2014-03-21), brilla corpo - kamikaze di G M Annovi, regia E Baucke, retrieved 2017-08-14
- ^ "La cinquina finalista del Premio Strega Poesia – Premio Strega Poesia". www.premiostrega.it. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
- ^ "Italian Contemporary Poets" (PDF).
- ^ "InVerse 2014–2015: Italian Poets in Translation • University of Delaware Press". library.udel.edu. Retrieved 2017-06-26.
- ^ "La obra común "Antología de poetas italianos nacidos en los años setenta" : Giuliano Ladolfi (ed.) : PAQ9788489852952". www.paquebote.com. Retrieved 2017-06-26.
- ^ "Writers Reading, La Scolta and Le Passioni dell'Anima - Villa La Pietra". Villa La Pietra. Retrieved 2017-06-26.
- ^ Roberto Scarcella Perino (2017-06-24), LaScolta, retrieved 2017-06-26
