Curzio Malaparte - Definition and Overview

Curzio Malaparte, (pseud. of Kurt Erich Suckert, Prato June 9, 1898 - Rome July 19, 1957), Italian writer and journalist.

Main writings

• Tecnica del colpo di Stato (1931)
• The Volga Rises in Europe (1943) ISBN 1841580961
• Kaputt (1944) trans. Kaputt ISBN 0810113414
• La Pelle (1949) trans. The Skin ISBN 0810115727
• Du Côté de chez Proust (1951)
• Maledetti toscani (1956)

Directed

• The Forbidden Christ (1950)

Other revolutionary minded Italians of the interwar period

• Gabriele D'Annunzio
• Giuseppe Bottai
• Enrico Corradini
• Carlo Costamagna
• Julius Evola
• Giovanni Gentile
• Asvero Gravelli
• Giorgio Locchi
• Filippo Marinetti
• Benito Mussolini
• Sergio Panunzio
• Edmondo Rossoni
• Ugo Spirito

References

• Malaparte: A House Like Me by Michael McDonough (1999, ISBN 0609603787)
• Biographical Dictionary of the Extreme Right Since 1890 edited by Philip Rees (1991, ISBN 0130893013)
• The Appeal of Fascism: A Study of Intellectuals and Fascism 1919-1945 by Alastair Hamilton (London, 1971, ISBN 0218514263)

External Link

Books and Writers bio (http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/malapart.htm)