Raffaello Brignetti
Raffaello Brignetti (born Isola del Giglio, 21 September 1921 - died Rome, 7 February 1978) was an Italian writer. He grew up on the island of Elba where his father was a lighthouse keeper.
He moved to Rome in the middle of the Second World War, and spent a couple of years in German labour camps. His diary of the war years was published posthumously.[1]
He studied modern Italian literature at university, graduating in 1947. He was a disciple of Ungaretti, in common with other young idealistic intellectuals of his era such as Leone Piccioni, Silori Luigi, Mario Petrucciani, Elio Filippo Accrocca, etc.
He embarked on a journalistic career in Rome, working in leading papers like Il Tempo, Il Giornale d'Italia and the Corriere della Sera.
He described Pier Paolo Pasolini as "Essentially a Bellian...."[2] Four of his works were cited in an academic study of the humanities.[3]
In 1961, a car crash left Brignetti paralyzed. The ensuing years saw him at his most productive.
He won the Premio Viareggio for Il gabbiano azzurro (1967),[4] and the Premio Strega for La spiaggia d'oro (1971).[5]
He lived for a long time in the Medici tower of Marciana Marina on Elba and then in the small apartment at the foot of the tower. He died in 1978.
The Isola d'Elba-Raffaele Brignetti Literary Prize is named after him.[6]
Brignetti's work is noted for its familiarity with, and treatment of, the sea and maritime life.
References
- ↑ ""Vita di un internato", il diario di guerra di Raffaello BrignettiIl romanzo inedito manoscritto è stato scoperto e curato da Aldo Perrone". BuonaSera24 (in Italian). 24 November 2025. Retrieved 22 August 2026.
- ↑ Ferrarotti, Franco (2008). Social Theory for Old and New Modernities: Essays on Society and Culture, 1976-2005. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 41. ISBN 9780739115107. Retrieved 22 August 2026.
- ↑ Mantua Humanistic Studies. Volume V (in Italian). Universitas Studiorum. 2019. p. 310. ISBN 9788833690322. Retrieved 22 August 2026.
- ↑ Italy: Documents and Notes, Volume 16. Presidency of the Councils of Ministers. Information Service and copyright office. 1967. p. 351. Retrieved 22 August 2026.
- ↑ Foreign Literary Prizes, Romance and Germanic Languages. Bowler. 1980. pp. 170, 172. ISBN 9780835212434. Retrieved 22 August 2026.
- ↑ "Island of Elba Literary Prize - Raffaello Brignetti: Isola d'Elba Literary Prize". InfoElba. Retrieved 22 August 2026.