Sergio Solmi: The Forgotten Literary Critic Who Shaped Italian Culture
In 1917, at a café in Parma, Sergio Solmi (1899–1981) first crossed paths with Eugenio Montale while both were enrolled in the officer training program at the Scuola di Fanteria di Parma. Hailing from Rieti, Solmi was injured that same year and spent time in a hospital in Castelfranco Veneto. He later pursued a law degree and co-founded the magazine Primo tempo. After graduating, he married Dora Martinet and had two children. In 1926, he became part of Banca Commerciale Italiana and contributed to various cultural publications. He led La Cultura starting in 1933, opposing fascism, which resulted in its shutdown. Arrested in 1945, he managed to escape. Following WWII, he focused on writing, releasing works such as Meditazioni sullo Scorpione e altre prose (1972) and Poesie complete (1974).
Fatti principali
- Sergio Solmi lived from 1899 to 1981.
- He met Eugenio Montale in 1917 at a café in Parma while both attended the Scuola di Fanteria di Parma.
- He was wounded by a grenade splinter on the Montello in 1917 and hospitalized in Castelfranco Veneto.
- He co-founded the literary magazine Primo tempo with Giacomo Debenedetti and Mario Gromo.
- He worked at Banca Commerciale Italiana from 1926 and befriended Raffaele Mattioli.
- He directed the magazine La Cultura from 1933 and opposed fascism, leading to its closure two years later.
- He was arrested in Milan in 1945 under the name Mario Rossetti, escaped, and was recaptured.
- He co-edited the science fiction anthology Le meraviglie del possibile with Carlo Fruttero in 1959.
Entità
Artisti
- Sergio Solmi
- Eugenio Montale
- Guido Gozzano
- Arthur Rimbaud
- Giacomo Debenedetti
- Mario Gromo
- Dora Martinet
- Renato Solmi
- Raffaella Solmi
- Raffaele Mattioli
- Vincenzo Cardarelli
- Paul Valéry
- Carlo Fruttero
- Franco Contorbia
- Edmondo Solmi
- Clelia Lolli
- Ludovico Pratesi
Istituzioni
- Scuola di Fanteria di Parma
- Cronache latine
- liceo Massimo D’Azeglio
- Banca Commerciale Italiana
- La Fiera letteraria
- Solaria
- L’Italia letteraria
- L’Illustrazione italiana
- Emporium
- L’Unità
- Giornale di Genova
- La Cultura
- Partito d’Azione
- Primo tempo
Luoghi
- Parma
- Italy
- Rieti
- Mantova
- Livorno
- Torino
- Montello
- Castelfranco Veneto
- Milano
- Modena