Bruno Ginanni Corradini
known as
Bruno Corra
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Corradini, known as Bruno Corra, was born in 1892 in Ravenna. He was
the younger brother of Arnaldo
Corradini, known as Ginna.
The "dynamic" pseudonyms Ginna
and Corra were thought up by Giacomo
Balla.
Bruno Corra was a novelist and
playwright. He was also one of Futurism's theorists, writing texts
in conjunction with his brother.
On 12 April 1915, Corra was
one of those (the others included Marinetti, Mussolini and Emilio
Settimelli) arrested
following the interventionist demonstration in the Piazza di Trevi.
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Bruno Corra, 1916
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He published several works such
as With Glass Hands in which he developed 'synthetic moments' and
produced several sintesi or Futurist theatrical syntheses.
In 1915,
with Marinetti and Settimelli, he signed the Manifesto
of Synthetic Theatre. In 1916 he made a short film
with his brother, featuring among others Balla and Marinetti.
He was first editor, in
1916, of the journal L'Italia
Futurista - a role subsequently taken over by his brother Ginna.
In 1917 he published the
Futurist novel "Sam Dunn is Dead" with illustrations by Rosa
Rosą.
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On 23 March 1919 the Fasci
di Combattimento were founded in Milan and among those present were a
large group of Futurists including Marinetti, Corra, Mario
Carli, Mario Dessy and Ferruccio Vecchi.
Following the Fascist's rise
to power and Mussolini reneging on the Futurist-Fascist alliance, there
were some Futurists who thought that, since the Futurists had an
international outlook, they should completely reject Mussolini's
nationalistic policies. Corra, on the other hand, called to mind Fascism's
revolutionary heritage that was in so many ways similar to the Futurist
heritage.
He died in
Varese in 1976.
Sintesi (Theatrical
Syntheses)
Bruno Corradini (Corra) and Emilio Settimelli
Arnaldo Corradini (Ginna) and Bruno Corradini (Corra)
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