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Mario Tobino (16 January 1910, Viareggio, Province of Lucca, Tuscany – 11 December 1991, Agrigento) was an Italian poet, writer and psychiatrist. A prolific writer, he began as a poet but later wrote mostly novels.
Dec 11, 1991 · Mario Tobino was an Italian poet, writer and psychiatrist. A prolific writer, he began as a poet but later wrote mostly novels. His works are characterized by a strong autobiographical inspiration, and usually deal with social and psychological themes.
Mario Tobino has 45 books on Goodreads with 4000 ratings. Mario Tobino’s most popular book is Le libere donne di Magliano.
In 1943 he was an active member of the Italian resistance movement against the Nazi-Fascists in Tuscany, and he used this experience of the partisan struggle and fratricide as the basis of his novel The Underground.
In Italian literature: Social commitment and the new realism. …provincial life under fascism—for example, Mario Tobino’s Bandiera nera (1950; “Black Flag”) and Goffredo Parise’s Prete bello (1954; “The Handsome Priest”; Eng. trans. The Priest Among the Pigeons ).
Jan 16, 2022 · Tobino was a prolific writer whose works dealt with social and psychological themes. His novel, Il c landestino, inspired by his experiences fighting as a partisan to liberate Italy in 1944, won him the Premio Strega, the most prestigious Italian literary award.
Mario Tobino racconta la sua straordinaria esperienza di psichiatra: trentacinque anni vissuti da medico e direttore nell’ospedale psichiatrico di Lucca, alloggiando all'interno, nelle due stanzette che ci mostra il filmato.
