Corrado Govoni Explained

Corrado Govoni (Tàmara, Copparo, 29 October 1884 – Lido dei Pini, 20 October 1965).[1] was an Italian poet. His work dealt with modern urban representations, the states of memory, nostalgia, and longing, using an expressive and evocative style of writing.[2]

Biography

Corrado Govoni was an Italian poet whose work emphasized "the minutiae of daily life".[3] Prolific author,[4] he can be considered as a member of both: the crepuscolari, or "twilight poets," and of the futurist movement.[5] In Florence, as a young man, Govoni met the poet Giovanni Papini, who helped him to publish his first book of poems, Le fiale, in 1903, a volume "full of exotic images, difficult and rare rhymes, and unusual lexicon interspersed with archaic vocabulary".[6]

Govoni’s works, during his long literary career, exhibits characteristics of many different literary currents and styles: while his early poems exhibited a ‘liberty-symbolism’, later in his career their style shifts towards crepuscolarsimo and futurism.[7]

In 1944 he experienced the loss of his son, Aladino Govoni, killed by nazi-fascists.[8] In 1950 Govoni won the Viareggio Prize for poetry.[9]

Selected works

Poetry

Prose

Bibliography

Pietro Pancrazi, Corrado Govoni, in Poeti d'oggi (1900-1920), Firenze, Vallecchi, 1920, pp. 160-170.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Govóni, Corrado nell'Enciclopedia Treccani.
  2. The City as the Fragmented Mirror of Poetry: Corrado Govoni's Early Works (1903–1915). 25654862. Capello. Francesco. The Modern Language Review. 2009. 104. 2. 401–420. 10.1353/mlr.2009.0128. 246641302.
  3. Germano, Joseph E. In Dictionary of Literary Biography. Vol. 114: Twentieth-Century Italian Poets, Thomson Gale (Detroit, MI), 1992.
  4. Corrado Govoni. 26068695. Peritore. Giuseppe Angelo. Belfagor. 1954. 9. 6. 654–665.
  5. Web site: Manifesto of Futurism | work by Marinetti | Britannica. www.britannica.com.
  6. Joseph E. Germano in the Dictionary of Literary Biography
  7. Web site: Govoni . imalpensanti.it . 2023-05-29.
  8. Web site: Aladino Govoni : medaglia d'oro al V.M. (trucidato alle Fosse Ardeatine il 24-3- 1944) : discorsi commemorativi nel XIX anniversario della morte - OPAC - Biblioteca nazionale di Firenze. opac.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. 2022-05-28. 2023-09-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20230906084239/https://opac.bncf.firenze.sbn.it/bncf-prod/resource?uri=SBL0278925&&dcnr=6&v=l. dead.
  9. Web site: Premio Letterario Viareggio Rèpaci. www.premioletterarioviareggiorepaci.it.