Nino Alberto Arbasino
Arbasino in 1976
Born	(1930-01-22)22 January 1930 Voghera, Lombardy, Italy
Died	22 March 2020(2020-03-22) (aged 90) Milan, Lombardy, Italy
Occupation	Writer, essayist
Language	Italian
Alma mater	University of Milan Harvard University University of Pavia
Literary movement	Neoavanguardia
Notable works	Super Elagabalus
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 12 July 1983 – 1 July 1987
Personal details
Political party	Italian Republican Party

Nino Alberto Arbasino (22 January 1930 – 22 March 2020) was an Italian writer, essayist, and politician.

Among the protagonists of Group 63, his literary production has ranged fromnovels (Fratelli d'Italia of 1963, rewritten in 1976 and 1993) to essay (for exampleUn Paese senza, 1980). He considered himself an expressionist writer, and he consideredSuper Eliogabalo his mostsurrealist and also his mostexpressionist book: "Especially for the descriptions of the places, which are always dreamlike and delusional".^[1]

Arbasino was born inVoghera, southwesternLombardy. He studied at theUniversity of Milan where he graduated in law. Later he worked as a journalist for magazines such asIl Mondo and the newspaperLa Repubblica. From 1983 to 1987, he was a deputy in the Italian Parliament for theItalian Republican Party.

His work includes novels and essays. Arbasino was a member of theGruppo 63.

He described himself as anexpressionist writer and considered his novelSuper Eliogabalo ("SuperElagabalus", 1969) as his mostsurreal and most expressionist book.^[2] He edited and rewrote his various works, which were reprinted in updated versions.^[3]

Arbasino literary approach to homosexuality broke the Italian stereotype of the "guilty" gay character, particularly in his 1963 novelFratelli d'Italia. Arbasino was openly gay in his personal life.^[4]

In the 1970s he was the host of the TV debate showMatch. In December 1977 it hosted a famous debate between directorsMario Monicelli and (the emerging)Nanni Moretti. Moretti said that Monicelli'sAn Average Little Man was a reactionary film.^[5][6]

In 2004 he won thePremio Chiara for his career.

Arbasino died on 22 March 2020, at the age of 90, after a long illness.^[7]

• Le piccole vacanze, Einaudi, 1957 (first edition)
• Le piccole vacanze, Einaudi, 1971, (ISBN 88-06-31658-3) (second edition)
• Le piccole vacanze, Adelphi, 2007, (ISBN 978-88-459-2182-7) (third edition)
• L'Anonimo lombardo, 1959, Einaudi (ISBN 88-06-37002-2)
• Fratelli d'Italia, 1963, 1967, 1976, Einaudi (ISBN 88-06-25106-6)
• Certi romanzi, 1964
• Super Eliogabalo, 1969, 1978, Einaudi (ISBN 88-06-10603-1)
• Certi romanzi – La Belle Epoque per le scuole, 1977, Einaudi (ISBN 88-06-09563-3)
• La narcisata, 1975, Einaudi (ISBN 88-06-42234-0)
• Il principe costante, 2 ed., 1972, Einaudi (ISBN 88-06-34892-2)
• La bella di Lodi, 1972, Einaudi (ISBN 88-06-33183-3)
• In questo Stato, 1978, Garzanti Libri (ISBN 88-11-73946-2)
• Un paese senza, 1980, Garzanti Libri
• Trans – Pacific Express, 1981, Garzanti Libri (ISBN 88-11-59908-3)
• Matine, 1983, Garzanti Libri (ISBN 88-11-59907-5)
• Il meraviglioso, anzi, 1985, Garzanti Libri (ISBN 88-11-59921-0)
• La caduta dei tiranni, 1990, Sellerio di Giorgianni (ISBN 88-389-0642-4)
• Un paese senza, 2 ed., 1990, Garzanti Libri (ISBN 88-11-67405-0)
• Fratelli d'Italia, réédition de 1993, Adelphi (ISBN 88-459-1000-8)
• Mekong, 1994, Adelphi (ISBN 88-459-1081-4)
• Specchio delle mie brame, 1995, Adelphi (ISBN 88-459-1127-6)
• Parigi o cara, 2 ed., 1996, Adelphi (ISBN 88-459-1177-2)
• Lettere da Londra, 1997, Adelphi (ISBN 88-459-1278-7)
• Passeggiando tra i draghi addormentati, 1997, Adelphi
• Paesaggi italiani con zombi, 1998, Adelphi (ISBN 88-459-1404-6)
• Le muse a Los Angeles, 2000, Adelphi
• Rap!, 2001, Feltrinelli
• Dall'Ellade a Bisanzio, 2006, Adelphi
• La Vita bassa, 2009, Adelphi

•  Italy: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (6 December 1995)^[8]

• Fusillo, MassimoIl Satyricon nel Novecento: fra neopicaresco e camp
• Arbasino (1963)La gita a Chiasso, inIl Giorno, 23 gennaio 1963. Later republished inGruppo 63 (1976)Crìtica e teoria

• Files about his parliamentary activities (in Italian):IX legislature.

• 1930 births
• 2020 deaths
• People from Voghera
• Italian Republican Party politicians
• Deputies of Legislature IX of Italy
• Gruppo 63
• Politicians from Lombardy
• Italian journalists
• Italian male journalists
• Italian male writers
• Expressionist writers
• 20th-century Italian writers
• Italian theatre critics
• Viareggio Prize winners
• University of Milan alumni
• La Repubblica people
• Knights Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
• Italian gay writers
• Harvard University alumni

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