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Italian writer (1912–2001)
Giovanni Macchia
Born 14 November 1912 (1912-11-14 ) Died 30 September 2001 (2001-10-01 ) (aged 88) Occupation Writer
Giovanni Macchia (14 November 1912 – 30 September 2001) was an Italian literary critic and essayist.
Born in Trani , the son of a magistrate, Macchia moved with his family to Rome in 1923, where, in 1934, he graduated in letters and philosophy with a thesis on Charles Baudelaire as a critic, a topic which was later one of his main subject of studies. He attended master classes at the Collège de France and at La Sorbonne .[1]
Starting from 1938, he was a lecturer of French letters and literature at the University of Pisa , at the University of Catania and at La Sapienza in Rome, where he also founded and directed the Institute of history of the theatre and performing arts.[1]
His essay about Marcel Proust , L'angelo della notte , got him a Bagutta Prize in 1979. Other main subjects of his analysis include the European theatre, the French moralists , and the Age of Enlightenment .[2]
A member of the Accademia dei Lincei since 1962, he was awarded the Legion of Honor in 1990. In 1992, he received a Balzan Prize .[1] [3]
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Awards received by Giovanni Macchia
1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s
Special Jury Prize: Denise McSmith (1975) •
Stefano D'Arrigo (1977) •
Jurij Trifonov (1978) •
Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz (1979) •
Pietro Consagra (1980) •
Ignazio Buttitta ,
Angelo Maria e Ela Ripellino (1983) •
Leonardo Sciascia (1985) •
Wang Meng (1987) •
Mikhail Gorbaciov (1988) •
Peter Carey ,
José Donoso ,
Northrop Frye ,
Jorge Semprún ,
Wole Soyinka ,
Lu Tongliu (1990) •
Fernanda Pivano (1992) •
Associazione Scrittori Cinesi (1993) •
Dong Baoucum ,
Fan Boaci ,
Wang Huanbao ,
Shi Peide ,
Chen Yuanbin (1995) •
Xu Huainzhong ,
Xiao Xue ,
Yu Yougqnan ,
Qin Weinjung (1996) •
Khushwant Singh (1997) •
Javier Marías (1998) •
Francesco Burdin (2001) •
Luciano Erba (2002) •
Isabella Quarantotti De Filippo (2003) •
Marina Rullo (2006) •
Andrea Ceccherini (2007) •
Enrique Vila-Matas (2009) •
Francesco Forgione (2010)
First work: Valerio Magrelli (1980) •
Ferruccio Benzoni , Stefano Simoncelli,
Walter Valeri ,
Laura Mancinelli (1981) •
Jolanda Insana (1982) •
Daniele Del Giudice (1983) •
Aldo Busi (1984) •
Elisabetta Rasy ,
Dario Villa (1985) •
Marco Lodoli ,
Angelo Mainardi (1986) •
Marco Ceriani ,
Giovanni Giudice (1987) •
Edoardo Albinati ,
Silvana La Spina (1988) •
Andrea Canobbio ,
Romana Petri (1990) •
Anna Cascella (1991) •
Marco Caporali ,
Nelida Milani (1992) •
Silvana Grasso ,
Giulio Mozzi (1993) •
Ernesto Franco (1994) •
Roberto Deidier (1995) •
Giuseppe Quatriglio ,
Tiziano Scarpa (1996) •
Fabrizio Rondolino (1997) •
Alba Donati (1998) •
Paolo Febbraro (1999) •
Evelina Santangelo (2000) •
Giuseppe Lupo (2001) •
Giovanni Bergamini ,
Simona Corso (2003) •
Adriano Lo Monaco (2004) •
Piercarlo Rizzi (2005) •
Francesco Fontana (2006) •
Paolo Fallai (2007) •
Luca Giachi (2008) •
Carlo Carabba (2009) •
Gabriele Pedullà (2010)
Italian Author: Alberto Moravia (1982) •
Vittorio Sereni alla memoria (1983) •
Italo Calvino (1984) •
Mario Luzi (1985) •
Paolo Volponi (1986) •
Luigi Malerba (1987) •
Oreste del Buono (1988) •
Giovanni Macchia (1989) •
Gianni Celati ,
Emilio Villa (1990) •
Andrea Zanzotto (1991) •
Ottiero Ottieri (1992) •
Attilio Bertolucci (1993) •
Luigi Meneghello (1994) •
Fernando Bandini ,
Michele Perriera (1995) •
Nico Orengo (1996) •
Giuseppe Bonaviri ,
Giovanni Raboni (1997) •
Carlo Ginzburg (1998) •
Alessandro Parronchi (1999) •
Elio Bartolini (2000) •
Roberto Alajmo (2001) •
Andrea Camilleri (2002) •
Andrea Carraro , Antonio Franchini,
Giorgio Pressburger (2003) •
Maurizio Bettini ,
Giorgio Montefoschi ,
Nelo Risi (2004) •
pr. Raffaele Nigro ,
sec. Maurizio Cucchi ,
ter. Giuseppe Conte (2005) •
pr. Paolo Di Stefano ,
sec. Giulio Angioni (2006) •
pr. Mario Fortunato ,
sec. Toni Maraini ,
ter. Andrea Di Consoli (2007) •
pr. Andrea Bajani ,
sec. Antonio Scurati ,
ter. Flavio Soriga (2008) •
pr. Mario Desiati ,
sec. Osvaldo Guerrieri ,
ter. Gregorio Scalise (2009) •
pr. Lorenzo Pavolini ,
sec. Roberto Cazzola ,
ter. (2010) •
pr. Eugenio Baroncelli ,
sec. Milo De Angelis ,
ter. Igiaba Scego (2011) •
pr. Edoardo Albinati ,
sec. Paolo Di Paolo ,
ter. Davide Orecchio (2012) •
pr. Andrea Canobbio ,
sec. Valerio Magrelli ,
ter. Walter Siti (2013) •
pr. Irene Chias ,
sec. Giorgio Falco ,
ter. Francesco Pecoraro (2014) •
pr. Nicola Lagioia ,
sec. Letizia Muratori ,
ter. Marco Missiroli (2015) •
pr. Marcello Fois ,
sec. Emanuele Tonon ,
ter. Romana Petri (2016) •
pr. Stefano Massini ,
sec. Alessandro Zaccuri ,
ter. Alessandra Sarchi (2017)
Mondello for Multiculturality Award: Kim Thúy (2011)
"Targa Archimede", Premio all'Intelligenza d'Impresa: Enzo Sellerio (2011)
Special Award 40 Years of Mondello: Gipi (2014)
International National People Other
