Kaputt

1. Kaputt by CurzioMalaparte FLT 252 Spring 2012

2. Odd Nerdrum’sThe Dentures (1983)

3. CurzioMalaparte (1898-1957)

4. CurzioMalaparte (1898-1957)

5. CurzioMalaparte (1898-1957)

6. CurzioMalaparte (1898-1957)

7. CurzioMalaparte (1898-1957)

8. Born in Prato, Tuscany

9. Born in Prato, Tuscany • Kurt Erich Suckert

10. Born in Prato, Tuscany • Kurt Erich Suckert • Italian mother / German Father

11. Born in Prato, Tuscany • Kurt Erich Suckert • Italian mother / German Father • Enlisted at 16, fought with the Alpine troops and on the French front (WWI)

12. Born in Prato, Tuscany • Kurt Erich Suckert • Italian mother / German Father • Enlisted at 16, fought with the Alpine troops and on the French front (WWI) • In 1918 exposed to mustard gas – most likely cause of his cancer and early death

13. Born in Prato, Tuscany • Kurt Erich Suckert • Italian mother / German Father • Enlisted at 16, fought with the Alpine troops and on the French front (WWI) • In 1918 exposed to mustard gas – most likely cause of his cancer and early death • In 1922 took part in Mussolini’s “March on Rome”

14. Born in Prato, Tuscany • Kurt Erich Suckert • Italian mother / German Father • Enlisted at 16, fought with the Alpine troops and on the French front (WWI) • In 1918 exposed to mustard gas – most likely cause of his cancer and early death • In 1922 took part in Mussolini’s “March on Rome” • Founded several Fascist newspapers and magazines

15. La rivoltadeisanti(1921)

17. Published in 1931

18. Published in 1931 • Attacked both Hitler and Mussolini

19. Published in 1931 • Attacked both Hitler and Mussolini • Resulted in Malaparte’s “internal exile”

21. 1933-1938 Island of Lipari

22. 1933-1938 Island of Lipari • 1938, 1939, 1941, 1943: Rome’s Regina Coeli

23. 1933-1938 Island of Lipari • 1938, 1939, 1941, 1943: Rome’s Regina Coeli • Always rescued by Caleazzo Ciano, Mussolini’s son-in-law

24. From left to right: Neville Chamberlain, Eouard Daladier, Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, and Ciano pictured before signing the Munich Agreement.

25. Sent to cover the Eastern Front

26. Sent to cover the Eastern Front • Followed Nazis into the Soviet Union

27. Sent to cover the Eastern Front • Followed Nazis into the Soviet Union • Much of his work was censored

28. 1944 1949

29. Palmiro Togliatti Antonio Gramsci

30. Film about an Italian veteran who returns to avenge his brother’s death at the hands of the Germans. Strange Deception (1953)

31. Film about an Italian veteran who returns to avenge his brother’s death at the hands of the Germans. Strange Deception (1953) • Travels to China, Maoist Communism

32. Film about an Italian veteran who returns to avenge his brother’s death at the hands of the Germans. Strange Deception (1953) • Travels to China, Maoist Communism • Plans to cross US on bike

33. Film about an Italian veteran who returns to avenge his brother’s death at the hands of the Germans. Strange Deception (1953) • Travels to China, Maoist Communism • Plans to cross US on bike • His final book Maledettitoscani(1956) attacks the bourgeois

34. Film about an Italian veteran who returns to avenge his brother’s death at the hands of the Germans. Strange Deception (1953) • Travels to China, Maoist Communism • Plans to cross US on bike • His final book Maledettitoscani(1956) attacks the bourgeois • Buried in Prato