Alberto Moravia

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Alberto Moravia (November 28, 1907 – September 26, 1990; born Alberto Pincherle) was one of the leading Italian novelists in the 20th century.

His works explored issues of modern sexuality, alienation, and existentialism. He is best known for his antifascist novel Il Conformista (The Conformist), which was the basis for the 1970 film The Conformist directed by Bernardo Bertolucci. Other Moravia novels that became films include Il Disprezzo (A Ghost at Noon, Contempt) filmed by Jean-Luc Godard in 1963 as Le Mépris (Contempt), and La Ciociara (Two Women) filmed by Vittorio de Sica in 1961.

Moravia suffered from tuberculosis at a young age and spent a significant portion of his adolescence in a sanatorium where he wrote his first novel, Gli Indifferenti (The Indifferent Ones), in 1929. In addition to writing novels and short stories, Moravia started his career as a journalist writing in the magazine 900 in 1927; later on he wrote periodically for several major Italian newspapers and magazines, including Il Corriere della Sera and Il Mondo. He was married until 1961 to Italian novelist Elsa Morante. Later in life, he entered the world of politics and represented Italy in the European Parliament from 1984 until his death.

List of writings

Gli Indifferenti (1929, The Indifferent Ones)
La mascherata
I sogni del pigro
L'amante infelice
Augostino
La Romana (1947, The Woman of Rome)
La disubbidienza
L'amore coniugale
Il conformista (The Conformist)
Racconti romani(Roman Tales)
Il disprezzo (A Ghost at Noon, or Contempt)
La Ciociara (Two Women)
Nuovi racconti romani
La noia
L'automa (The Fetish, collection of short stories)
Le ambizioni sbagliate
L'uomo come fine
L'attenzione
Io e lui (Him and Me)
Boh
La bella vita

External Links

[The Paris Review Interview]

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