Bestie del Novecento - Autograph

This is a Autograph Letter Signed by Aldo Palazzeschi  (Florence 1885, Rome – 1974),  to Mino Maccari  (Siena, 1898 – Rome, 1989).

Rome, December  10th  1951 .    In Italian. One page, single-sided.  Excellent condition, including original envelope.

A thank-you letter by Aldo Palazzeschi, for the "precious collaboration" of Mino Maccari in the realization of "Bestie del Novecento" , published in November 1951 by Vallecchi ed., Florence. With 18 short-stories by Aldo Palazzeschi and etchings by the satirical illustrator Mino Maccari!

A autograph letter absolutely to collect!

Aldo Palazzeschi (Florence, 1885 - 1974)

The Italian novelist, poet, journalist and essayist, is still today considered as an influencer on later Italian writers of the neoavanguardia. His work is well-noted by its "grotesque and fantastic elements".

Palazzeschi begins his literary career after meeting Filippo Tommaso Marinetti: he became a fervent Futurist, best known for his poem “let me have fun!”. However, he was never entirely ideologically aligned with the movement. His "futurist period"  was a very fecund time in which he published a series of works that cemented his reputation. During the interwar years, his poetical production decreased, as he became involved in journalism and other pursuits. He took no part in the official culture of the Fascist regime, but he collaborated with magazines like Pegaso, Pan, (edited by Ugo Ojetti) and Il Selvaggio , (edited by Mino Maccari). In the late sixties and early seventies he started publishing again, with a series of novels that resecured his place in the new, post-war avant-garde.

Mino Maccari  (Siena, 1898 – Rome, 1989)

Mino Maccari was a popular Italian painter and engraver. He produced many artworks through different graphic techniques. He exhibited at important international exhibitions in the fields of art and graphics. In 1959, he became the director of the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome; in 1963, he won Antonio Feltrinelli's prize for painting and became president of the San Luca Academy. He realized many lithographs and etchings of satirical and political subject matters. 

Mino Maccari writes and collaborates with various magazines, the Quadrivio, Italia literaria, L'Italiano and Omnibus by Longanesi; during the war, on Bottai's Primacy and Pannunzio's World.