Enrico Falqui

Enrico Falqui (12 October 1901 – 16 March 1974) was an Italian writer and literary critic.

Biography Enrico Falqui was born in Frattamaggiore, a small market town on the northern fringes of Naples. Gaetano and Angelina Carlomagno Falqui, his parents, were originally from Sardinia. While he was still young the family relocated to Rome, where he grew up and embarked on a career as a literary critic. It becomes evident from autobiographical pieces that he was haunted by his lack of formal academic qualifications. Nevertheless, when "La Fiera Letteraria" transferred from Milan to Rome and was relaunched as "L'Italia Letteraria" in 1929, Falqui, still aged only 28, was installed as editor-in-chief under the directorship of Giovanni Battista Angioletti and Umberto Fracchia. Falqui retained this editorship till 1936. He also found time, over the years, to contribute to various other literary periodicals, including "Circoli" (of which he was at one stage co-director with Adriano Grande), "Humanitas", "Quadrivio", "Pegaso", "Pan", "Primato", "Nuova Antologia" and even "Oggi". In 1930 Falqui teamed up with Elio Vittorini to compile the anthology "Scrittori nuovi" ("New writers"). In 1935 he entered into a productive artistic collaboration with the Tuscan author Gianna Manzini whom he had met the previous year. That year, their previous marriages having broken, they moved to Rome where they lived…Citește mai mult

Personal Antonello Falqui, the son of Enrico and Alberta Falqui, was born in 1925 and later became a television producer, notably of variety shows. Enrico Falqui died unexpectedly at Rome on 16 March 1974. His partner, Gianna Manzini, died less than half a year later.

Celebration In 1976 Falqui's papers and thousands of his books were acquired by the Central National Library in Rome, where the "Sala Falqui" (loosely, "Falqui collection") carries his name.