(Florence, 1898 – Cortona, Arezzo, 1980), writer and critic, close friend of Primo Conti, who introduced him to Futurism; together in 1919 they founded the magazine “Il Centone,” the mouthpiece of a popular, Tuscan-inspired Futurism. For the magazine’s editions that same year, he published the issue “La pittura di Primo Conti,” the first monograph on the painter. That same year, he exhibited free-word paintings at the Grande Esposizione Nazionale Futurista in Milan, and others were declaimed at the Futurist evenings organized by Marinetti. In 1922, he moved to Rome, where he founded the literary magazine “Lo spettacolo” and later, together with Conti, the satirical magazine “L'Enciclopedia,” which published the slim volume “Poesie:1922.” His continued interest in the movement's themes is demonstrated by his subsequent publications: in Rome, in 1924, the critical-biographical profile "FTMarinetti" was published, and in Bologna, in 1926, the essay "Cubism, Futurism, Expressionism." Editor of the magazine "Il Tevere" in Rome from 1925 to 1932, he contributed to the "Fiera letteraria" and "Italia Futurista" as an art, literary, and theater critic; at the same time, he also devoted himself to work as a playwright and translator, gradually abandoning Futurism.
The Corrado Pavolini Collection is divided into the following sections: Correspondence, which collects letters addressed to Pavolini by various correspondents including Alvaro, Aleramo, Bargellini, Bonsanti, Bontempelli, Campigli, Carocci, Carrà, D'Amico, De Benedetti, De Pisis, Loria, Longanesi, Montale, Ojetti, Palazzeschi, Papini, Pea, Severini, Soffici, Ungaretti, Vittorini; The extensive correspondence with Conti deserves special mention, entirely preserved in the Conti Archives by will of Pavolini himself; Manuscripts, where the various drafts of Pavolini's poetic, theatrical, essayistic and narrative works, both autographed and typewritten, have been collected; Press Review, divided into articles by and about Pavolini; Publications, various printed materials (extracts, programs, brochures, drafts); Photo Library, which mainly preserves iconographic material relating to the numerous theatrical shows and sketches directed by Pavolini; Drawings, with reproductions of theatrical sets and plans; Journals, including the newspapers “Augustea”, “Il Centone”, “L'Enciclopedia”, “Avanscoperta”, “Comoedia”, “Scenario”, “Lo Spettatore”, “La testa di ferro”; Library, which preserves some of Pavolini's poetic and essayistic works.
