Roberto Carifi Explained

Roberto Carifi
Birth Date:1948
Birth Place:Pistoia, Tuscany, Italy
Nationality:Italian
Field:Poetry, Philosophy
Movement:Hermeticism

Roberto Carifi (born 1948[1] in Pistoia), is an Italian poet, philosopher, and translator, supported since the beginning from Piero Bigongiari, one of the major exponents of Florentine Hermeticism. He is considered important poet and intellectual of his generation.[2]

Biography

Since his university years, Carifi was attracted by French and German philosophy; in his mature age he also crossed paths with Buddhist,[3] getting influenced, for instance, in his collections such as Tibet and The Secret. Alongside philosophical studies, there are those of psychoanalysis, first carried out at L'École Freudienne in Paris, as an auditor at the lectures held by Jacques Lacan,[4] and continued in Milan. Carifi poetic has been deeply influenced by the lyrical voices of Rainer Maria Rilke and Georg Trakl, on which he also practiced as a translator. In addition of being a poet, he worked as a literary critic. In 2004, he got a stroke which affected and slow down his creativity.[5]

Works

Poetry collections

Essays

Bibliography

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Barański, Zygmunt G.. The Cambridge companion to modern Italian culture. 23 August 2011. 2001-08-01. Cambridge University Press. 978-0-521-55982-9. 194–.
  2. Web site: RaiNews: Le ultime notizie in tempo reale.
  3. Web site: L' abbandono e la memoria Ecco Carifi dopo la malattia - la Repubblica.it. Archivio - la Repubblica.it.
  4. Web site: Carifi, Roberto nell'Enciclopedia Treccani.
  5. Web site: Così Carifi trasforma i suoi versi in moderna preghiera. 2 January 2018.