Giose Rimanelli
Giose Rimanelli (November 25, 1925 – January 6, 2018) was an Italian-American writer, journalist, and poet from Casacalenda, Molise, Italy who wrote in Italian, English, and Molisan dialect.[1][2] Rimanelli is best known for his novels, especially Tiro al piccione, which was adapted into film, and Benedetta in Guysterland, which won the 1994 American Book Award.[3][4][1] In addition to his semi-autobiographical novels about abuse, the misuse of power, and "a young boy like himself who fought on the wrong side" (Rimanelli was deployed under Mussolini, eventually being captured by the Allies before escaping),[1] his early works and later dialect poems focus on the abject condition of the Italian peasants after World War II[2] and his nostalgia and longing for the Molise of his youth.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "GIOSE RIMANELLI Obituary (1925 - 2018) - Lowell, MA - Boston Globe". Legacy.com.
- ^ a b "Books: Not for Tourists". TIME. June 17, 1957.
- ^ "Previous Winners of the American Book Award" (PDF). beforecolumbusfoundation.com.
- ^ Tamburri, Anthony Julian (1994). "Giose Rimanelli's Benedetta in Guysterland: A 'Liquid' Novel of Questionable Textual Boundaries". World Literature Today. 68 (3): 473–478. doi:10.2307/40150360. JSTOR 40150360 – via JSTOR.
- ^ Scuderi, Antonio (March 1, 1995). "Review: Moliseide: Songs and Ballads in the Molisan Dialect". Forum Italicum. 29 (1): 225–227. doi:10.1177/001458589502900133 – via SAGE Journals.
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