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Pier Paolo Pasolini

Born

in Bologna, Italy

March 05, 1922

Died

November 02, 1975

Genre

Arts & Photography, Literature & Fiction, Poetry

Influences

Antonio Gramsci, Giovanni Pascoli, Charles Baudelaire, Arthur Rimbaud, ...more

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Italian poet, novelist, critic, essayst, journalist, translator, dramatist, film director, screenwriter and philosopher, often regarded as one of the greatest minds of XX century, was murdered violently in Rome in 1975 in circumstances not yet been clarified. Pasolini is best known outside Italy for his films, many of which were based on literary sources - The Gospel According to Saint Matthew, The Decameron, The Canterbury Tales...

Pasolini referred himself as a 'Catholic Marxist' and often used shocking juxtapositions of imagery to expose the vapidity of values in modern society.
His essays and newspaper articles often critized the capitalistic omologation and also often contributed to public controversies which had made him many enemies. ...more

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Pier Paolo Pasolini’s books

Average rating: 3.85 · 18,710 ratings · 1,513 reviews · 331 distinct works • Similar authors

	Ragazzi di vita 3.61 avg rating — 5,184 ratings — published 1955 — 98 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Violent Life 3.97 avg rating — 1,612 ratings — published 1959 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Scritti corsari 4.02 avg rating — 1,273 ratings — published 1975 — 47 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Teorema 3.90 avg rating — 1,239 ratings — published 1968 — 48 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	L'odore dell'India 3.57 avg rating — 859 ratings — published 1962 — 37 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lettere luterane: il progresso come falso progresso by Pier Paolo Pasolini, Alfonso Berardinelli (contributor) 4.05 avg rating — 572 ratings — published 1976 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Il fascismo degli antifascisti 4.05 avg rating — 550 ratings — published 2018 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Petrolio 3.89 avg rating — 525 ratings — published 1992 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le ceneri di Gramsci 4.11 avg rating — 494 ratings — published 1957 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Poems 4.07 avg rating — 393 ratings — published 1970 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Pier Paolo Pasolini

Bestemmia. Tutte le poesie (5 books)
by

Pier Paolo Pasolini,

Graziella Chiarcossi (Editor),

Walter Siti (Editor)

4.53 avg rating — 19 ratings

Quotes by Pier Paolo Pasolini (?)

“If you know that I am an unbeliever, then you know me better than I do myself. I may be an unbeliever, but I am an unbeliever who has a nostalgia for a belief.”
― Pier Paolo Pasolini

tags: philosophy, religion, secularity, spirituality

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“The mark which has dominated all my work is this longing for life, this sense of exclusion, which doesn't lessen but augments this love of life.”
― Pier Paolo Pasolini

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“I don't believe we shall ever again have any form of society in which men will be free. One should not hope for it. One should not hope for anything. Hope is invented by politicians to keep the electorate happy.”
― Pier Paolo Pasolini, Philippe Séclier

tags: gay, hope, italy, pasolini

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(139 pages)

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