Alberto Moravia (1907–1990)
Author of The Time of Indifference
About the Author
Born in Rome of Jewish-Roman Catholic parents, Moravia was not much affected by the "Fascist racial laws" until Mussolini's fall in 1943 and the consequent German occupation of Rome. Under fascism, Moravia published his first novel, The Time of Indifference (1929), at his own expense when he was show more only 22; yet it was a great success and remains his most characteristic work. He produced nothing to match it until after World War II, when he emerged as the leading Italian neorealist, publishing in rapid order The Woman of Rome (1947), Disobedience (1948), The Conformist (1951), Ghost at Noon (1948), Roman Tales (1954), and Two Women (1957). Many believe the latter is his best novel, telling of the efforts of a shopkeeper and her daughter, raped by Italy's liberators and learning to adapt themselves to the postwar new order. Moravia made a great stir in world literary circles after World War II by announcing his conversion to Roman Catholicism, which had given him solace and protection during the German occupation. Among his more recent publications is 1984. In 1941 Moravia married ~Elsa Morante. They separated in 1962. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Series
Works by Alberto Moravia
Rimljanka 5 copies
Rzecz Jest Tylko Rzeczą 4 copies
Una cosa è una cosa 3 copies
Rooma novelle 3 copies
I racconti - Volume 1 3 copies
Relatos 1 3 copies
O aut℗omato 3 copies
A Ciociara 2 copies
Moravia inedito 2 copies
Fra cultura e businnes 2 copies
A Coisa e Outros Contos 2 copies
Ein anderes Leben 2 copies
A Revolução Cultural Chinesa 2 copies
Romans : Agostino suivi de "Les Indifférents" - "Le Mépris" - "L'Amour conjugal" - "L'Homme qui… (1998) 2 copies
Cina 1937-1938 2 copies
Relatos I 2 copies
Indisk resa 2 copies
Det forlorne liv 2 copies
LA COSA Y OTROS CUENTOS 2 copies
Ledan : roman 2 copies
Se è questa la giovinezza vorrei che passasse presto: LETTERE [1926_1940] (Overlook) (Italian Edition) (2015) 2 copies
L'epidemia 2 copies
A Double Game 2 copies
Viaggio in Inghilterra 2 copies
Nuovi racconti romani (Vol 1) 2 copies
La disubbidienza : romanzo 1 copy
Romalı Kadın 1 copy
L'home com a finalitat 1 copy
Evlilik Aşkı 1 copy
Obras de Alberto Moravia 1 copy
La mascherata, romanzo 1 copy
Agostino 1974 1 copy
Η Προσήλωση 1 copy
Kaksi naista 1 copy
33 žien, rozpráva o sebe 1 copy
Relatos II 1 copy
La noche de Don Juan 1 copy
Zakonska ljubezen 1 copy
Nové rimske poviedky 1 copy
Avtomat 1 copy
Pohrdání 1 copy
Reis naar Rome 1 copy
Ο Παράδεισος 1 copy
Moravia Alberto 1 copy
شباب امرأة 1 copy
La disobbedienza 1 copy
La Provinciale 1 copy
Ja i on 1 copy
HLa Iciociara 1 copy
La vida es juego 1 copy
Dolgčas 1 copy
Vida de Moravia 1 copy
O PARAÍSO 1 copy
Pažnja 1 copy
Eu e ele 1 copy
A megalkuvó 1 copy
7. La Mascarada 1 copy
El perro chino 1985 1 copy
HISTÓRIAS DA PRÉ- HISTÓRIA 1 copy
CIOCIOARA 1 copy
cocara 1 copy
maskarada i bracna ljubav 1 copy
ravnodusni ljudi 1 copy
Opere complete 1 copy
Roboten och andra noveller 1 copy
Racconti e romanzi 1 copy
Romanzi brevi di Moravia 1 copy
Viaggio a Roma 1 copy
đ ð £ ł 1 copy
PROMASENE AMBICIJE 1 copy
HLa Iromana 1 copy
Pohrdání 1 copy
Pozornost 1 copy
El dios Kurt 1 copy
L HOMME QUI REGARDE 1 copy
1934: L'uomo che guarda 1 copy
Una scandalosa giovinezza 1 copy
Vol. 1 1 copy
Obras de Moravia 1 copy
L’opera completa di PICASSO blu e rosa. Presentazione di Alberto Moravia. (Classici dell’Arte. 22.) 1 copy
A coisa 1 copy
The Conformists 1 copy
LA MASCARADA. Vol 7 SALVAT 1 copy
Italia — Contributor — 1 copy
Augustín 1 copy
O Autómato 1 copy
Noveller 1 copy
La gita (in Racconti romani) 1 copy
Siciliano=mafioso? 1 copy
Ma non fu un vero caso 1 copy
The Wayward Wife. 1 copy
A Romana - Primeira parte 1 copy
nuovi argomenti 1 copy
OBRAS: EL ENGAÑO - LOS SUEÑOS DEL HARAGAN - LA MASCARADA - LOS INDIFERENTES - LAS AMBICIONES DEFRAUDADAS (1967) 1 copy
L'amante infelice 1 copy
Racconti brevi 1 copy
Speilet 1 copy
16: Teatro 1 copy
Tabù (in Racconti romani) 1 copy
Venice, The Naya Collection 1 copy
Pignolo (in Racconti romani) 1 copy
Mario (in Racconti romani) 1 copy
A Virgem Guerreira 1 copy
Noveller 1 copy
Třídílné zrcadlo 1 copy
La Polémique des poulpes: et autres histoires (Littérature étrangère) (French Edition) (1993) 1 copy
Moravia 1 copy
Il professore senza stivali 1 copy
Uppmärksamheten : roman 1 copy
9: La noia: L'attenzione 1 copy
KISKANÇLIK 1 copy
Prähistorische Histörchen 1 copy
Římské povídky 1 copy
Il naso (in Racconti romani) 1 copy
L'Inde comme je l'ai vue 1 copy
Romanzi e racconti - Vol. 3 1 copy
Romanzi e racconti - Vol. 2 1 copy
Romanzi e racconti - Vol. 4 1 copy
Romanzi e racconti - Vol. 5 1 copy
Un borghese molto strano 1 copy
Det tomme lerret 1 copy
Neposlusnost 1 copy
Homage to Moravia 1 copy
Alberto Moravia. La Belle Romaine : La Romana, roman traduit de l'italien par Juliette Bertrand (1953) 1 copy
Ravnodušni 1 copy
Il pupo (in Racconti romani) 1 copy
AYLAKLAR 1 copy
Foragtet 1 copy
Il mondo è quello che è 1 copy
Associated Works
Crime and Punishment [Norton Critical Edition, 3rd ed.] (1989) — Contributor — 1,184 copies, 4 reviews
Death Dealer: The Memoirs of the SS Kommandant at Auschwitz (0204) — Translator, some editions — 668 copies, 19 reviews
The Ragionamenti: The Lives of Nuns, The Lives of Married Women, The Lives of Courtesans (1534) — Introduction, some editions — 251 copies, 4 reviews
Great Tours and Detours: The Sophisticated Traveler Series (1985) — Contributor — 34 copies, 1 review
New World Writing: Third Mentor Selection - Poetry, Fiction, Drama, Criticism (1953) — Contributor — 6 copies
Meesters der vertelkunst : zevenenderdig verhalen uit de moderne wereldliteratuur (1975) — Contributor — 2 copies
Pondichéry, Chandernagor, Karikal, Mahé, Yanaon : les anciens comptoirs français de l'Inde (1992) — Citation — 2 copies
Im Kerzenschein. Geschichten zum Träumen — Contributor — 2 copies
50 seltsame Geschichten — Contributor — 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Pincherle, Alberto
- Other names
- Pincherle, Alberto (birth name)
- Birthdate
- 1907-11-28
- Date of death
- 1990-09-26
- Burial location
- Verano Cemetery, Rome, Italy
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Italy
- Country (for map)
- Itàlia
- Birthplace
- Rome, Italy
- Place of death
- Rome, Italy
- Places of residence
- Rome, Italy
- Education
- Liceo Tasso (licenza ginnasiale)
- Occupations
- journalist
novelist
short-story writer - Relationships
- Morante, Elsa (1st wife)
Maraini, Dacia (lover)
Llera Moravia, Carmen (2nd wife) - Organizations
- La Stampa
- Awards and honors
- Premio Strega (1952)
American Academy of Arts and Letters (1964)
Members
Reviews
Romanzo di rara bruttezza. Una pariolina col cervello sfarinato fa un sacco di cose zozze perché lei, ecco, proprio, odia la borghesia e deve prendere coscienza.
E. come se non bastasse, manco si diverte.
E. come se non bastasse, manco si diverte.
A dull little book about which I struggle to find anything to say, perhaps because I am a woman and this book depicts a stunted, masculine coming-of-age. Unfair to call it ‘stunted’—better to say that it depicts the stunted, confused period before a coming-of-age. Some passages concerning the mother were deeply unpleasant from my perspective; although, I’m sure that they ring with reality to certain male readers. I don’t like to see myself making summary statements that hinge upon a gender binary, but this is the only way I find myself forming thoughts about the book.… (more)
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- Rating
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- ISBNs
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E. come se non bastasse, manco si diverte.