Roberto Carifi


Roberto Carifi, is an Italian poet, philosopher, and translator, supported since the beginning from Piero Bigongiari, one of the major exponents of Florentine Hermeticism. He is considered important poet and intellectual of his generation.

Biography

Since his university years, Carifi was attracted by French and German philosophy; in his mature age he also crossed paths with Buddhist, getting influenced, for instance, in his collections such as Tibet and The Secret. Alongside philosophical studies, there are those of psychoanalysis, first carried out at L'École Freudienne in Paris, as an auditor at the lectures held by Jacques Lacan, and continued in Milan.
Carifi poetic has been deeply influenced by the lyrical voices of Rainer Maria Rilke and Georg Trakl, on which he also practiced as a translator. In addition of being a poet, he worked as a literary critic. In 2004, he got a stroke which affected and slow down his creativity.

Works

Poetry collections

  • Infanzia ;
  • L’obbedienza ;
  • Occidente ;
  • Amore e destino ;
  • Poesie ;
  • Casa nell’ombra ;
  • Il Figlio ;
  • Il male e la luce ;
  • Amore d’autunno ;
  • Europa.
  • Il gelo e la luce ;
  • La pietà e la memoria ISBN 88-467-0782-6;
  • D'improvviso e altre poesie scelte ;
  • Nel ferro dei balocchi ;
  • Tibet ;
  • Madre ;
  • Il Segreto ;
  • Amorosa sempre. Poesie ;
  • Ablativo assoluto ;

Essays

  • Il gesto di Callicle ;
  • Il segreto e il dono ;
  • Le parole del pensiero ;
  • Il male e la luce ;
  • L’essere e l’abbandono ;
  • Nomi del Novecento ;
  • Nome di donna.