Pier Paolo Pasolini Norman MacAfee Luciano Martinengo
"Sex, death, political passion, these are the simple objects to which I give my elegiac heart"
Winner of the first Renato Poggioli/William Weaver Award of PEN American Center
Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922-1975), who is best known in this country as an inspired filmmaker, was also the most outspoken and original Italian writer of his generation, the author of distinguished and controversial novels and plays, political and literary criticism, and, above all, poetry. His poems are widely considered the most important contribution to Italian literature since Montale and, along with the...
"Sex, death, political passion, these are the simple objects to which I give my elegiac heart"
Widely admired as a film director, Pasolini's talents as a novelist, poet and political essayist are rarely recognised outside Italy. This vision of his visit to India, translated by David Clive Price, provides a fascinating insight into India and into Pasolini's own obsessions and ideals.
Widely admired as a film director, Pasolini's talents as a novelist, poet and political essayist are rarely recognised outside Italy. This vision of h...
