Giampiero Neri

Giampietro Pontiggia (born 7 April 1927), (pen name Giampiero Neri), is an Italian poet. He is notable for his novel style. Pontiggia's work is known for its concise, dry, and unembellished style, and veined with melancholy and humor. His work is often written in prose.

Early life

Neri was born in Erba, Como.

Giampiero Neri grew up during World War II, in which he lost members of his family. His younger sister committed suicide in her twenties.[1] He began publishing poetry in the 1960s, influenced by his older brother - Giuseppe Pontiggia. He was soon recognized as a major exponent of the Milanese school of poetry.[2] His poems were often themed around the experiences during the war. He was one of the first in Italy to use a poetical prose as poetry[3] (likely influenced by the descriptive narratives by Vittorio Sereni[4]) and has been called "a master of poetry in Italian prose".[5] In 1948 he moved with his family to Milan, where he continued to work in a bank for forty years before his retirement.[6]

Selected works
  • L'aspetto occidentale del vestito (Guanda: 1976)
  • Liceo (Guanda: 1986)
  • Dallo stesso luogo (Coliseum: 1992)
  • Teatro naturale (Mondadori: 1998)
  • Erbario con figure (LietoColle: 2000)
  • Finale (Dialogolibri: 2002)
  • Armi e mestieri (Mondadori: 2004)
  • Piano d'erba (Quaderni di Orfeo: 2005)
  • Di questi boschi (Quaderni di Orfeo: 2007)
  • Paesaggi inospiti (Mondadori: 2009)
  • Il professor Fumagalli e altre figure (Mondadori: 2012)
  • Via provinciale (Garzanti: 2017)
  • Non ci saremmo più rivisti. Antologia personale (Interlinea edizioni: 2018)

Bibliography
  • Daniela Marcheschi, La natura e la storia. Quattro scritti per Giampiero Neri (Le Lettere: 2002)
  • Vincenzo Pezzella (edited by), Giampiero Neri. Poesie e immagini (Viennepierre: 2005)
  • Pietro Berra, Giampiero Neri. Il poeta architettonico (Dialogolibri: 2005)
  • Victoria Surliuga, Uno sguardo sulla realtà. La poesia di Giampiero Neri (Joker: 2005)
  • Elisabetta Motta "Degli animali. Viaggio nel bestiario di Giampiero Neri (Cartacanta: 2018)
  • Enzo Rega, in Dizionario critico della poesia italiana 1945-2020 (Società Editrice Fiorentina: 2021)

Further reading

References
  1. "Giampiero Neri (poet) - Italy - Poetry International". www.poetryinternational.org.
  2. "Giampiero Neri". Poem Hunter.
  3. "Poesia in prosa / Prosa in prosa | Treccani, il portale del sapere".
  4. "Italian literature - The end of the century | Britannica". www.britannica.com.
  5. Una macchina per pensare. Giampiero Neri prima e dopo "Teatro naturale". Interlinea. 2018. ISBN 9788868571740.
  6. http://userhome.brooklyn.cuny.edu/bonaffini/jit/JIT%2012-1.pdf
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