{{Short description|Italian writer and journalist (1907–1974)}} {{expand Italian|topic=bio|date=July 2018}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}} {{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see :Template:Infobox writer/doc --> | name = Guido Piovene | birth_date = {{birth date|1907|07|27|df=yes}} | birth_place = Vicenza, Italy | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1974|11|12|1907|07|27}} | death_place = London, England | occupation = Writer | notableworks = | image = Guido Piovene.jpg | caption = Piovene in 1951 | influences = | influenced = }} '''Guido Piovene''' (27 July 1907 – 12 November 1974) was an Italian writer and journalist.
==Biography== Born in Vicenza into a noble family, Piovene graduated in philosophy in Milan and then devoted himself to journalism, notably collaborating with ''Corriere della Sera'', ''La Stampa'' and ''Il Tempo''.<ref name=bio>{{cite book|last1=Gaetana Marrone|title=Encyclopedia of Italian Literary Studies: A-J, index, Volume 1|date=2007 |publisher=Routledge, 2007|isbn=978-1579583903}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Franco Cordelli|title=Piovene. Visse cercando di espiare una colpa che dentro di sé sapeva irredimibile|url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2007/marzo/05/Piovene_co_9_070305066.shtml|access-date=3 July 2015|work=Corriere della Sera|date=5 March 2007}}</ref> He took part in the anti-fascist resistance with the Movimento Comunista d'Italia. According to Felice Chilanti's daughter, he wrote the statutes for its youth association ''COBA'' (so named in homage to Joseph Stalin's youthful pseudonym).<ref>{{Cite book|title = Bandiera rossa e borsa nera|last = Chilanti|first = Gloria|publisher = Mursia|year = 1996|location = Bologna}}</ref>
His 1970 novel ''Le stelle fredde'' (''The Cold Stars'') won the Strega Prize.<ref name="bio"/> In 1974 he co-founded the newspaper ''Il Giornale'' with Indro Montanelli.<ref name="bio"/>
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== Further reading == * {{cite book|last1=Gabriele Catalano|title=Costanti tematiche nell'opera narrativa di Guido Piovene|publisher=Ferraro, 1974}} * {{cite book|last1=Giuseppe Marchetti|title=Invito alla lettura di Guido Piovene|date=1973 |publisher=Mursia, 1977|isbn=9205300985}} * {{cite book|last1=Stefano Strazzabosco|title=Guido Piovene tra idoli e ragione|date=1996 |publisher=Marsilio, 1996|isbn=8831763601}} * {{cite book|last1=Simona Mazzer|title=Guido Piovene: Una Biografia Letteraria|date=1999 |publisher=Metauro Ed., 1999|isbn=888754302X}} * {{cite book|last1=Massimo Rizzante|title=Guido Piovene: tra realtà e visione|date=2002 |publisher=Dipartimento di scienze filologiche e storiche, 2002|isbn=8884430178}} * {{cite book|last1=Maurizio Serra|author-link=Maurizio Serra|title=Guido Piovene. Il diavolo e l'acquasanta|date=2009 |publisher=Liaison, 2009|isbn=978-8895586083}} * {{cite book|last1=Enza Del Tedesco, Alberto Zava|title=Viaggi e paesaggi di Guido Piovene|date=2009 |publisher=Serra, 2009|isbn=9788862271332}} * {{cite book|last1=Luciano Simonelli|title=Guido Piovene. Diario del Novecento|date=2011 |publisher=Simonelli Editore, 2011|isbn=978-8876476983}} * {{cite book|last1=Sandro Gerbi|author-link=Sandro Gerbi|title=Tempi di malafede. Guido Piovene ed Eugenio Colorni|date=2012 |publisher=Hoepli, 2012|isbn=978-8820352387}}
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