biography
| name: |
Leonetti, Francesco
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pronunciation:
[layonaytee]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1924– )
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| biography:
| Writer, born in Cosenza, Basilicata, S Italy. With Pier Paolo Pasolini and Roberto Roversi he co-founded the literary review Officina in 1955. He was a member of the ‘new left’, and his work shows a combination of formal experimentation and ideological commitment. It includes poetry collections (Sopra una perduta estate, 1942; Poemi, 1954), essays (Carducci e i suoi contemporanei, 1955), and novels (Fumo, fuoco e dispetto, 1956). |
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