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Giulio Angioni
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| Born | 28 October 1939 Guasila, Sardinia |
| Died | 12 January 2017 (aged 77) Settimo San Pietro, Sardinia |
| Occupation | Novelist, essayist |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Notable works | Le fiamme di Toledo Assandira |
Giulio Angioni (born October 28, 1939 – died January 12, 2017) was an Italian writer and anthropologist. An anthropologist studies human societies and cultures.
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About Giulio Angioni
Giulio Angioni was a very important Italian anthropologist. He was a professor at the University of Cagliari in Italy. He also worked at the University of Oxford in England.
He wrote many books during his life. He published about 20 novels and 12 books of essays about anthropology.
His Ideas on Culture
In his anthropology books, Angioni explored how human life is different around the world. He looked at how people do things, say things, think, and feel. He believed these parts of human nature are all connected.
He thought that human "nature" is mostly shaped by culture. This means humans are always learning new things. He also challenged common ideas. For example, he didn't think speaking was the only special human trait. He also believed art and beauty were not separate from everyday life.
A New Wave of Sardinian Writers
Giulio Angioni is best known as a writer. He is seen as one of the people who started the "Sardinian Literary Spring." This was a new movement of writers from Sardinia, an island in Italy.
These writers brought Sardinian stories to a European audience. Other famous writers from this movement include Sergio Atzeni and Salvatore Mannuzzu. They followed in the footsteps of earlier great Sardinian authors like Grazia Deledda.
His Best Novels
Some of Angioni's most famous novels include Le fiamme di Toledo (which means Flames of Toledo). Others are Assandira, Doppio cielo (Double Sky), and L'oro di Fraus (The Gold of Fraus).
Later in his career, he also wrote poetry. He wrote poems in both the Sardinian language and Italian. His poetry collections include Tempus and Oremari.
His Books
Giulio Angioni wrote many books. Here are some of his most well-known works.
Novels
- L'oro di Fraus (Editori Riuniti 1988, Il Maestrale 2000)
- Il sale sulla ferita (Marsilio 1990, Il Maestrale 2010). This book was a finalist for the Premio Viareggio award in 1990.
- Una ignota compagnia (Feltrinelli 1992, Il Maestrale 2007). This book was also a finalist for the Premio Viareggio award in 1992.
- La casa della palma (Avagliano 2002)
- Millant'anni (Il Maestrale 2002, 2009)
- Il mare intorno (Sellerio 2003)
- Assandira (Sellerio 2004)
- Alba dei giorni bui (Il Maestrale 2005, 2009). This book won the Premio Dessi award in 2005.
- Le fiamme di Toledo (Sellerio 2006). This novel won the Premio Corrado Alvaro and Premio Mondello awards in 2006.
- La pelle intera (Il Maestrale 2007)
- Afa (Sellerio 2008)
- Gabbiani sul Carso (Sellerio 2010)
- Doppio cielo (Il Maestrale 2010)
- Sulla faccia della terra (2015)
Essays and Other Works
Angioni also wrote many essays. These are non-fiction books where he shared his ideas on anthropology.
- Ethnic Groups, in Journal of the Europeanists: [1]
- Tre saggi sull'antropologia dell'età coloniale, Flaccovio 1973
- Sa Laurera: Il lavoro contadino in Sardegna (The Peasant Work in Sardinia), Edes 1976 and Il Maestrale 2005:[2]
- Il sapere della mano: saggi di antroplogia del lavoro (The Knowledge of the Hand: Essays on the Anthropology of Work), Sellerio 1986
- Pane e formaggio e altre cose di Sardegna (Bread and Cheese and Other Things from Sardinia), Zonza 2000
- Fare dire sentire. L'identico e il diverso nelle culture (Doing Saying Feeling. The Identical and the Different in Cultures), Il Maestrale 2011
- Doing, thinking, saying, in Nature knowledge, Berghahn Books 2004
- On Agro-Pastoral Space in Sardinia, in Fabietti & Salzman (eds.), The Anthropology of Tribal and Peasant Pastoral Societies. Social Cohesion and Fragmentation, 343–350, Como-Pavia, Ibis 1996.
- Tempus (CUEC 2008, 2012 audiobook, unabridged, by Giulio Angioni)
- Il dito alzato (Sellerio 2012)
- Oremari (Il Maestrale 2013)
See also
In Spanish: Giulio Angioni para niños
- Sardinian Literary Spring
- Assandira
- Sa Laurera
