The poet, essayist and playwright Gregorio Scalise, originally from Catanzaro, who had been ill for some time, died in Bologna at the age of 81.
“I mourn an intellectual, a great poet, a sincere friend of the Association of relatives of the victims of the Ustica massacre,” commented President Daria Bonfietti, recalling “the many verses dedicated to the battle for the truth.”
Scalise took part in the French and Italian '68 without belonging to specific groups, approaching modern philosophy and German literature, reading sociology and aesthetics texts. He experimented with narration in stories published in 'Carte segrete', 'Nuovi Argomenti', 'Bologna Incontri' and 'Il Corriere del Giorno', and it was during that period that he approached art criticism, with the care of catalogues and writings for the Galleria d'Arte Moderna in Bologna. It was then the poem 'Segni' (1975) that defined Scalise's recognition as a poet: the volume represents an attempt to give form and criteria to the production of Italian poetry of the period. In '82 he arrived at Arnoldo Mondadori Editore with 'La resistenza dell'aria', which won the Vallombrosa prize, together with Piero Chiara, and the collections of poems 'Gli artisti' and 'Danny Rose' were published in the 93s. Also from this decade is the strong relationship with the theater: about forty texts produced, represented in particular by the Gruppo Libero directed by Bianca Maria Pirazzoli. In '2006 he published the pamphlet 'Ma cosa c'è da ridere?', against TV comedians, two years later 'Talk show system' was published, against the Italian TV situation of those years, then it was the turn of a reflection on violence and war ('Pensieri sulla guerra'), followed by other books of poetry. In 1975 'La contraddizione iniziale' was published, where Scalise collects his writings of intervention and critical reflection on poetry starting from XNUMX.
Article published by Regina Ada Scarico on May 11, 2020 - 17:37 PM
