Roberto Pazzi
Biography
Roberto Pazzi was born in Ameglia in 1946 but has spent much of his adult life in Ferrara. He studied classical literature at the University of Bologna and then worked as a teacher in Ferrara, taught at the University of Urbino and was then appointed professor of cultural anthropology at the University of Ferrara. His early work was in poetry but he has since published many novels, generally deliberately written in a literary style. He currently lives in Ferrara.
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Bibliography
1973 L’esperienza anteriore (poetry)
1976 Versi occidentali (poetry)
1980 Il re, le parole (poetry)
1985 Cercando l’imperatore (Searching for the Emperor) (novel)
1986 Principessa e il drago (The Princess and the Dragon) (novel)
1987 Calma di vento (poetry)
1987 Malattia del tempo (Adrift in Time) (novel)
1989 Vangelo di Giuda [The Gospel of Judas] (novel)
1991 Il bambino (story)
1991 La stanza sull’acqua (novel)
1993 Le città del dottor Malaguti (novel)
1994 Il filo delle bugie: poesie edite ed inedite, 1966-1994 (poetry)
1996 Incerti di viaggio (novel)
1997 Domani sarà re (novel)
1998 La gravità dei corpi (poetry)
1999 La città volante (novel)
2001 Conclave (Conclave) (novel)
2002 L’erede (novel)
2003 Talismani (poetry)
2004 Il signore degli occhi (novel)
2005 L’ombra del padre (novel)
2007 Qualcuno mi insegue (novel)
2007 Le forbici di Solingen (novel)
2008 Dopo primavera (novel)
2010 Mi spiacerà morire per non vederti più (novel)
2012 D’amore non esistono peccati (novel)
2013 Felicità di perdersi : poesie, 1998-2012 (poetry)
2014 La trasparenza del buio (novel)
2017 Lazzaro (novel)
2019 Verso Sant’Elena (novel)
2021 Hotel Padreterno (novel)
2022 Narrare ad occhi ben chiusi : manuale di scrittura creativa