Goffredo Parise
Goffredo Parise è stato uno scrittore, giornalista, sceneggiatore, saggista e poeta italiano.
Nasce a Vicenza l'8 dicembre del 1929; la mamma Ida Wanda Bertoli, ragazza madre, cerca con grandi sacrifici di riempire il vuoto della mancanza del padre. Nel 1937 muore il nonno e la madre sposa il giornalista Osvaldo Parise, direttore del «Giornale di Vicenza»; il piccolo Goffredo, sempre alla ricerca di una figura paterna, gli si affeziona ed è ricambiato e Parise dopo otto anni lo riconosce come figlio.
Goffredo appena quindicenne partecipa alla resistenza in provincia di Vicenza; finita la guerra frequenta il liceo e in seguito si iscrive a vari indirizzi universitari senza arrivare mai ad una laurea (sarà laureato «ad honorem» solo nel 1986 da
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Collabora con le pagine culturali del «Manifesto» e con la Cronaca di Roma di «Repubblica».
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Ha lavorato come consulente editoriale per il Salone del libro di Torino e ha cofondato il Festival Italian of Literature in London.
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