This book presents material kept in the Giorgio Cini Foundation, mainly previously unpublished and very useful in piecing together Benno Geiger’s role in 20th-century Italian culture. A wide-ranging and well-documented essay by Daniele Rubboli, a journalist and writer, explores Geiger’s relations by following the various threads of his passions and multifaceted interests. A brief memoir by Elsa Geiger, the daughter of the critic and translator, provides an affectionate portrait of the family man. A selection of the most significant letters from his Italian correspondence, transcribed and edited by Tania Eccher, reveal the wealth and intensity of relations between Geiger and major artists, intellectuals, musicians and journalists – figures such as Pascoli, Comisso, Marinetti, Croce, Papini, Ojetti, Valgimigli, Traverso, Valeri, Benelli, Gino Rossi, Malipiero and Gui. The book ends with a complete catalogue of all the letters owned by the Foundation (around 800), compiled by Linda Selmin, and an index of names. The volume is illustrated by around forty photographs – snapshots of real life or reproductions of paintings portraying Geiger. They include works by great artists like Kokoschka and Emile Bernard.

CONTENTS

Premessa di Francesco Zambon

Io e papà Benno di Elsa Geiger Ariè

Benno Geiger e la cultura italiana di Daniele Rubbioli

Nota bio-bibliografica

Parte prima
Lettere dei corrispondenti italiani a Benno Geiger

Parte seconda
Articoli su Benno Geiger

Parte terza
Catalogo delle lettere dei corrispondenti italiani a Benno Geiger conservate presso la Fondazione Giorgio Cini di Venezia a cura di Linda Selmin

Indice dei nomi

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