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'Biondi Mario' (born 1939) is an Italian writer.

Contents

Biography

Poetry

Novels

Books of travels

Translations

External links

Biography

Born in Milan and grown up near Lake Como, he worked for sixteen years in publishing (Einaudi, Sansoni, Longanesi), as Chief Press Officer before becoming a freelance author. He has been constantly active in Anglo-American narrative, of which he is also a translator and reviewer for several dailies, weeklies and monthlies. He was a professional novelist for more than twenty years, and a publicist for more than thirty.
In 1973 he published a small collection of poems, ''Per rompere qualcosa'', followed by other poems published on various literary publications or anthologies (Il Verri, Altri termini, Pianura etc).
He has also published thirteen novels and, more recently, two books of travel memories.
The novel ''Gli occhi di una donna'' earned the author the 1985 SuperCampiello Award (Premio Campiello).

Poetry

★ 1968 ''Conclusioni di Orfeo'' (In Marcatré n. 37/38/39/40)

★ 1973 ''Per rompere qualcosa'' (Volume, Ant. Ed)

★ 1973 ''Settecento Watt'' (In Altri Termini)

★ 1974 ''Jazzparola Suite'' (In Pianura. Poesia e Prosa degli Anni Settanta. A cura di S. Vassalli. Ant. Ed)

★ 1976 ''Dissonanza. Poesie d'amore'' (In Il Verri, Sesta serie, n. 2, settembre)

★ 1976 ''Varie parole civili. Nove poesie'' (In Almanacco dello Specchio Mondadori n. 5)

★ 1977 ''Nuova ballata per Newyorkville n. 200'' (In North n. 5/6, marzo)

★ 1980 ''Trittico'' (Translated in english on Altro Polo, Italian Poetry today. Editor R. Perrotta, Sydney)

★ Poems by Mario Biondi are out of print and can be read (in italian) only on the relevant page of his Web Site

Novels

★ 1975 ''Il lupo bambino'' (Marsilio)

★ 1981 ''La sera del giorno'' (Bompiani)

★ 1982 ''Il cielo della mezzaluna'' (Longanesi)

★ 1985 ''Gli occhi di una donna'' (id., Premio Campiello)

★ 1986 ''La civetta sul comò'' (id.)

★ 1988 ''Un amore innocente'' (Rizzoli)

★ 1990 ''Crudele amore'' (id.)

★ 1992 ''Il destino di un uomo'' (id.)

★ 1993 ''Due bellissime signore'' (id.)

★ 1995 ''Un giorno e per tutta la vita'' (id.)

★ 1998 ''Una porta di luce'' (Longanesi)

★ 1999 ''Codice Ombra'' (Longanesi)

★ 2006 ''Destino'' (TEA)

Books of travels

★ 2003 ''Güle güle. Parti con un sorriso'' (Ponte alle Grazie)

★ 2005 ''Strada bianca per i Monti del Cielo. Vagabondo sulla Via della Seta'' (id.)

Translations

He has translated 71 works mostly by american and english authors. Among them Bernard Malamud, John Updike, Edith Wharton, Anne Tyler, Peter Carey and Nobels Isaac Bashevis Singer, William Golding, Wole Soyinka and Orhan Pamuk (from the american edition of ''Kara kitab - The black book'' as expressely requested by Mr Pamuk to his first italian publisher, Frassinelli).

★ See the complete list of the 71 translation by M. Biondi

External links

★ Web site