Ivan Della Mea

{{Infobox musical artist | name = Ivan Della Mea | image = | caption = '''Picture of Ivan Della Mea''' | image_size = | birth_name = Luigi Della Mea | alias = | birth_date = {{birth date|1940|10|16|df=y}} | death_date = {{death date and age|2009|6|14|1940|10|16|df=y}} | death_place = Milan, Italy | origin = Lucca, Italy | instrument = Vocals, guitar | genre = Folk music | occupation = Singer-songwriter | years_active = 1962–2009 | label = I dischi del sole<br>Vedette }} '''Ivan Della Mea''' (born '''Luigi Della Mea''', 16 October 1940 – 14 June 2009) was an Italian novelist, journalist, singer-songwriter and political activist.

==Biography== Born in Lucca, his family moved to Milan when he was a child. He worked in a factory, but eventually started to work at a small newspaper, ''Stasera''.{{Citation needed|date=June 2009}} In 1956 he joined the Italian Communist Party (PCI). He started his career as a singer and songwriter in Milanese dialect the same year. {{Citation needed|date=June 2009}}

In the 1960s, he belonged to the Italian ''Nuova canzone politica'' and became active in the magazine Nuovo Canzoniere Italiano. As a writer he started publishing some works in the 1980s/1990s, including three novels, and as a journalist. With his brother, Luciano, he wrote for ''Il Grandevetro'', and worked at ''l'Unità'' and ''Liberazione''.

His brother was political activist Luciano Della Mea (1924–2003).

==Discography==

===Albums=== {{colbegin}} *Io so che un giorno (1966, LP) *Il rosso è diventato giallo (1979, LP) *La balorda (1972, LP) *Se qualcuno ti fa morto (1972, LP) *Ringhera (1974, LP) *Fiaba grande (1975, LP) *La piccola ragione di allegria (1978, LP) *Sudadio giudabestia (1979, LP) *Sudadio giudabestia 2 (1980, LP) *Karlett (1983, LP) *Ho male all'orologio (1997, CD) *La cantagranda forse walzer (2000, CD) {{colend}}

===EP and 45 rpm=== {{colbegin}} *Ballate della violenza (1962, EP) *Ho letto sul giornale (1964, EP) *La mia vita ormai (1965, EP) *O cara moglie/Io ti chiedo di fare all'amore (1966, 45 rpm) *Ciò che voi non-dite/La linea rossa (1967, 45 rpm, with G.Marini) *La nave dei folli (EP, 1972) {{colend}}

==Literature== '''Works of Ivan Della Mea:''' *''Il sasso dentro'' (1990; ''Interno Giallo'' editions) *''Se nasco un'altra volta ci rinuncio'' (1992; ''Interno Giallo'' editions) *''Sveglia sul buio'' (1997; ''Est'' editions)

==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=0574853|name=Ivan Della Mea}} *{{in lang|it}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20090618054142/http://www.archividellaresistenza.it/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=154&Itemid=71 A tribute] from the Resistance Archives *{{in lang|it}} [https://www.ildeposito.org/archivio/autori/autore.php?id_autore=25 Infos on ildeposito.org]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Della Mea, Ivan}} Category:1940 births Category:2009 deaths Category:Italian communists Category:Italian male singer-songwriters Category:20th-century Italian singer-songwriters Category:Italian folk singers Category:20th-century Italian male writers Category:Writers from Lucca Category:Musicians from Lucca Category:Singers from Milan Category:20th-century Italian male singers Category:Politicians from Lucca