Pier Paolo Pasolini

Pier Paolo Pasolini (March 5, 1922 – November 2, 1975) was an Italian poet, film director, and writer, who often made films about the social outcast and rebels. He is known for casting actors with little or no acting experience.

Biography

Pasolini was born in Bologna, traditionally the most leftist of Italian cities. He was the son of a soldier who became famous for saving Mussolini's life. Pasolini began writing poems at the age of seven. His works were first published when he was 19.

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Bologna - Soldier - Mussolini

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Pasolini had belonged to the communist clubs of his town. In his youth, he wrote several poems in Friulian, a language that he learnt from his mother, who was from Friuli. He had also created an association to foster the use of Friulian in literature.

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Communist - Friulian - Friuli

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He was drafted in World War II, and after subsequent imprisonment by the Germans, managed to escape. After the war, he joined the Communist party, but was expelled two years later on the grounds of his homosexuality, which he publicly declared on many occasions. At the time, a public declaration of being gay could cause scandal across the political spectrum. All the same, his world view remained essentially communist throughout his life.

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World War II - German - Homosexuality - Gay - Scandal

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