Edoardo Sanguineti Correspondence, 1946-1954
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Scope and Contents
Edoardo Sanguineti wrote nearly one hundred letters to Gianna Sommi during his youth and formative years in university before he became well known as a poet, playwrite and essayist. All are written in Italian and organized chronologically, the bulk between 1946 and 1954 with only two pages written a decade later after she was married to Hans Panofsky and had moved to Evanston, Illinois.
Dates
- 1946 - 1967
- Majority of material found within 1946 - 1954
Creator
- Sanguineti, Edoardo (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on use of the materials in the department for research; all patrons must comply with federal copyright regulations.
Biographical / Historical
Edoardo Sanguineti (1930-2010) was born in Geonoa, Italy. Study for his Ph.D. at the University of Turin included a thesis on Dante which was published as Interpretazione di Malebolge (1961). He taught at various Italian universities, including those in Turin and Salerno, and published poetry, novels, opera libretti, and critical essays on Dante, twentieth-century authors and literary movements. As a member of the Italian avant-garde movement, he belonged to “Gruppo ‘63” and “i novissimi.” He also served as a representative in the Italian Parliament from 1979 to 1983. His political consciousness is revealed in his writing as much as his poetic surrealism. Northwestern University Library holds many of his published works, and titles and call numbers can be found in the online catalog.
Extent
1 Boxes
Language of Materials
Italian
Abstract
Edoardo Sanguineti (1930-2010) taught at various Italian universites after receiving his doctorate at the University of Turin. He published poetry, novels, opera libretti, and critical essays on Dante, twentieth-century authors and literary movements. During his formative years he wrote this collection of some one hundred letters to fellow Italian Gianna Sommi before she moved to the United States to study at Cornell University on a Fulbright scholarship in 1957. All the letters written between 1946 and 1954, as well as the two letters in 1964 and 1967, are in Italian.
Arrangement
The letters in this collection have been organized chronologically and placed into folders.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection of letters written by Edoardo Sanguineti to Gianna Sommi Panofsky (1928-2010) were donated by her to the McCormick Library in 1996.
Source
- Panofsky, Gianna, 1928-2010 (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the Edoardo Sanguineti Correspondence, 1946-1954
- Author
- Sigrid Pohl Perry
- Date
- May 2005; April 17, 2020
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- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Library Details
Part of the Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections Repository
Deering Library, Level 3
1970 Campus Drive
Evanston IL 60208-2300 US
847-491-3635
specialcollections@northwestern.edu