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Emilio Cecchi (14 July 1884 – 5 September 1966) was an Italian literary critic, art critic and screenwriter. One English language source describes him as "an 'official' - although radically anti-academic - intellectual".
Emilio Cecchi è stato un critico letterario e critico d'arte italiano. È considerato una delle figure di maggior rilievo del giornalismo culturale italiano della prima metà del Novecento. Era il padre della sceneggiatrice Suso Cecchi D'Amico e del costumista, scenografo e pittore Dario Cecchi.
Emilio Cecchi (born July 14, 1884, Florence, Italy—died September 6, 1966, Rome) was an Italian essayist and critic noted for his writing style and for introducing Italian readers to valuable English and American writers.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
CAREER: Critic, film producer, and author. During early career, was on staff of Italian journal La voce; also served as artistic director of movie studio Cines, 1930s. Films as producer include Gli uomini, che mascalzoni!, 1932, Acciaio, 1933, and 1860, 1934. WRITINGS: Inno (poetry), 1910.
ROME, Sept. 5 (Reuters) Emilio Cecchi, Italian essayist and literary historian, one of the main Italian interpreters of American literature, died here today of a heart attack. He was 82...
Jun 27, 2024 · Cecchi, Emilio, by then a member of the Accademia d'Italia and one of Italy's most famous literary figures, was renowned for his disapproval of the popularity of American fiction in Italy. Google Scholar
Full Name: Cecchi, Emilio. Gender: male. Date Born: 1884. Date Died: 1966. Home Country/ies: Italy. Subject Area(s): catalogues raisonnés. Career(s): art critics. Overview. Giotto scholar and film critic; notes about Cecchi’s opinions appear in Richard Offner‘s annotated catalog of the 1937 Mostra Giottesca.
