Giampiero Neri Explained

Giampietro Pontiggia (7 April 1927 – 15 February 2023), also known by the pen name Giampiero Neri, was an Italian poet. He was noted for his novel style; his work is known for its concise, dry, and unembellished style, and veined with melancholy and humor. His work was often written in prose. He was part of the fourth generation of Lombard line.^[1]

Biography

Neri was born in Erba, Como on 7 April 1927. He grew up during World War II, in which he lost members of his family.^[2] His younger sister committed suicide in her twenties.^[3] He began publishing poetry in the 1960s, influenced by his younger brother (but more known at that time) - Giuseppe Pontiggia.^[4] He was soon recognized as a major exponent of the Milanese school of poetry.^[5] His poems were often themed around the experiences during the war. He was one of the first in Italy to use a poetical prose as poetry^[6] (likely influenced by the descriptive narratives by Vittorio Sereni^[7]) and has been called "a master of poetry in Italian prose".^[8] In 1948 he moved with his family to Milan, where he continued to work in a bank for forty years before his retirement.^[9]

Neri died on 15 February 2023, at the age of 95.^[10]

Selected works

• L'aspetto occidentale del vestito (Guanda: 1976)
• Liceo (Guanda: 1986)
• Dallo stesso luogo (Coliseum: 1992)
• Teatro naturale (Mondadori: 1998)
• Erbario con figure (LietoColle: 2000)
• Finale (Dialogolibri: 2002)
• Armi e mestieri (Mondadori: 2004)
• Piano d'erba (Quaderni di Orfeo: 2005)
• Di questi boschi (Quaderni di Orfeo: 2007)
• Paesaggi inospiti (Mondadori: 2009)
• Il professor Fumagalli e altre figure (Mondadori: 2012)
• Via provinciale (Garzanti: 2017)
• Non ci saremmo più rivisti. Antologia personale (Interlinea edizioni: 2018)
• Piazza Libia (Ares edizioni: 2021)

Anthologies

• Poesie. 1960-2005 (Mondadori: 2007)
• Antologia personale (Garzanti edizioni: 2022)

Bibliography

• Daniela Marcheschi, La natura e la storia. Quattro scritti per Giampiero Neri (Le Lettere: 2002)
• Vincenzo Pezzella (edited by), Giampiero Neri. Poesie e immagini (Viennepierre: 2005)
• Pietro Berra, Giampiero Neri. Il poeta architettonico (Dialogolibri: 2005)
• Victoria Surliuga, Uno sguardo sulla realtà. La poesia di Giampiero Neri (Joker: 2005)
• Elisabetta Motta "Degli animali. Viaggio nel bestiario di Giampiero Neri (Cartacanta: 2018)
• Enzo Rega, in Dizionario critico della poesia italiana 1945-2020 (Società Editrice Fiorentina: 2021)

Further reading

• Web site: Giampiero Neri, il poeta in ombra. 24 November 2021. www.ilfoglio.it. it.
• Web site: 18 November 2020. Giampiero Neri, "Da un paese vicino". 24 November 2021. Poesia, di Luigia Sorrentino. it-IT.
• Web site: 8 June 2021. Il poeta. Tutto in una piazza: il mondo piccolo di Giampiero Neri. 24 November 2021. www.avvenire.it. it.
• Web site: Oggi, ore 19: Diretta Facebook sul libro di Giampiero Neri "Piazza Libia", a cura di Alessandro Rivali e Filippo Tuena. 24 November 2021. poesia.corriere.it. it.
• Web site: From along the country's main road (poem) - Giampiero Neri - Italy - Poetry International. 24 November 2021. www.poetryinternational.org. en.
• Web site: Romani. Martha Cooley and Antonio. The Thoughtful Traveler: On Giampiero Neri's Poetry. 24 November 2021. Words Without Borders.
• English translation of poems
• Web site: Selected poems translated into English. 24 November 2021. www.chelseaeditionsbooks.org.
• Surliuga. Victoria. 2007. Il naturale e l'umano. La poesia di Giampiero Neri. Forum Italicum. 41. 1. 59–78. 10.1177/001458580704100104. 164166510. 0014-5858.
• Web site: Italian literature - The end of the century Britannica. 24 November 2021. www.britannica.com. en.

External links

• Giampiero Neri on "New Manifesto of Arts" at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera

Notes and References

1. Web site: Poesia. Addio Giampiero Neri, maestro della "linea lombarda". 15 February 2023. www.avvenire.it.
2. Web site: Giampiero Neri.
3. Web site: Giampiero Neri (poet) - Italy - Poetry International. www.poetryinternational.org.
4. Web site: Neri, il poeta che ha scritto in prosa. 30 April 2008.
5. Web site: Giampiero Neri. Poem Hunter.
6. Web site: Poesia in prosa / Prosa in prosa | Treccani, il portale del sapere.
7. Web site: Italian literature - The end of the century | Britannica. www.britannica.com.
8. Book: Una macchina per pensare. Giampiero Neri prima e dopo "Teatro naturale". Interlinea. 2018. 9788868571740.
9. http://userhome.brooklyn.cuny.edu/bonaffini/jit/JIT%2012-1.pdf Journal of Italian Translation
10. Web site: Addio al poeta Giampiero Neri, il maestro in ombra. 15 February 2023. Adnkronos.