Author
Giovanni Papini
Italian writer (1881–1956)
Biography
Giovanni Papini was an Italian journalist, essayist, novelist, short story writer, poet, literary critic, and philosopher. A controversial literary figure of the early and mid-twentieth century, he was the earliest and most enthusiastic representative and promoter of Italian pragmatism. Papini was admired for his writing style and engaged in heated polemics. Involved with avant-garde movements such as futurism and post-decadentism, he moved from one political and philosophical position to another, always dissatisfied and uneasy: he converted from anti-clericalism and atheism to Catholicism, and went from convinced interventionism – before 1915 – to an aversion to war. In the 1930s, after moving from individualism to conservatism, he finally became a fascist, while maintaining an aversion to Nazism.
Biography in Spanish
Giovanni Papini fue un escritor italiano. Inicialmente ateo y escéptico, posteriormente pasó a ser un fervoroso católico. Era hijo de Luigi Papini, republicano, ateo y anticlerical, y Erminia Cardini que decide bautizarlo sin conocimiento de su padre. Vive una infancia solitaria y de privaciones encontrando en los libros y las bibliotecas una fuente de inagotable consuelo y placer.
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