Massimo Bontempelli

Massimo Bontempelli
Bontempelli in 1954
Bontempelli in 1954
Born(1878-05-12)12 May 1878
Como
Died21 July 1960(1960-07-21) (aged 82)
Rome
Occupationnovelist, short story writer, journalist, playwright, composer
NationalityItalian
GenreNovel, short story
Literary movementMagical realism
Notable worksThe Chess Set in the Mirror

Massimo Bontempelli (12 May 1878 – 21 July 1960) was an Italian poet, playwright, novelist and composer. He was influential in developing and promoting the literary styles known as magical realism and lombard line.[1]

  1. ^ Keala Jewell (2008). "Magic Realism and Real Politics: Massimo Bontempelli's Literary Compromise". Modernism/Modernity. 15 (4). Johns Hopkins University Press: 725–744. doi:10.1353/mod.0.0033. S2CID 145586857. That the foremost literary practitioner of magic realism in Italy, Massimo Bontempelli, was also the head of the National Fascist Writers Union for crucial years in the mid- to late-1920s is no accident of history.