Massimo Bontempelli

Massimo Bontempelli (died 1960) was born in Como on 12 May 1878. After studying literature and philosophy at the University of Turin, he taught in secondary schools, then left teaching in 1910 for journalism, in Florence. An artillery officer at the end of the First World War, he founded the review 900 in 1926 with Curzio Malaparte. A member of the Academy of Italy in 1930, he refused in 1938 the chair of a Jewish professor dismissed under the racial laws and was expelled from the Fascist party. Elected senator in 1948, he saw his election invalidated. He died in Rome on 21 July 1960.

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• Short storiesThe Faithful LoverL'amante fedeleMassimo Bontempelli · 1953Literature