Francesco Leonetti (27 January 1924 â€" 17 December 2017) was an
Italian poet, novelist, art critic, teacher and political
activist.Leonetti was born in Cosenza in Calabria. In 1955 he moved to
Bologna to study philosophy. There he met Pier Paolo Pasolini and
Roberto Roversi, and together they co-founded the magazine Officina.
In the 1960s he co-founded with Elio Vittorini e Italo Calvino the
literary magazine Il Menabò. In 1963 he joined the Neoavanguardia
avant-garde Italian literary movement.Leonetti collaborated with
Pasolini again in 1964, playing the part of Herod Antipas in The
Gospel According to St. Matthew. He also provided the voice of the
sparrow in The Hawks and the Sparrows (1966) and played the part of
the servant Laio in the 1967 film Oedipus Rex.In the 1970s he
co-edited with Nanni Balestrini the magazine Alfabeta. In 1974 he
authored a monograph on Italian sculptor Arnaldo Pomodoro. From 1975
to 1995 he taught Aesthetics at the Brera Academy in Milan.
Italian poet, novelist, art critic, teacher and political
activist.Leonetti was born in Cosenza in Calabria. In 1955 he moved to
Bologna to study philosophy. There he met Pier Paolo Pasolini and
Roberto Roversi, and together they co-founded the magazine Officina.
In the 1960s he co-founded with Elio Vittorini e Italo Calvino the
literary magazine Il Menabò. In 1963 he joined the Neoavanguardia
avant-garde Italian literary movement.Leonetti collaborated with
Pasolini again in 1964, playing the part of Herod Antipas in The
Gospel According to St. Matthew. He also provided the voice of the
sparrow in The Hawks and the Sparrows (1966) and played the part of
the servant Laio in the 1967 film Oedipus Rex.In the 1970s he
co-edited with Nanni Balestrini the magazine Alfabeta. In 1974 he
authored a monograph on Italian sculptor Arnaldo Pomodoro. From 1975
to 1995 he taught Aesthetics at the Brera Academy in Milan.
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