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Nanni Balestrini
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Interview
Biography
Born in Milan in 1935, at the beginning of the 1960s Balestrini was one of the poets of
the "Novissimi" and of the "Gruppo 63" which grouped together the
writers of the neo-avante-guarde. In 1961 he composed the first poem created with a
computer. He is the author of a cycle of poems on Miss Richmond and novels on the
struggles of '68 and the following decade, including "Vogliamo tutto" and
"Gli invisibili". |
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| He recently published "I furiosi", on the fanatical Milan "Ultras"
supporters and "Una mattina ci siam svegliati". Parallel to his literary
activities, he is also a figurative artist, exhibiting in many galleries in Italy and
abroad, and at the Venice Biennale in 1993. |
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