Sandro Veronesi
Chief Executive Officer at Calzedonia Holding SpA
Profile
Sandro Veronesi, born in Prato, Tuscany in 1959, is an Italian novelist, essayist, and journalist. After earning a degree in architecture at the University of Florence, he opted for a writing career in his mid to late twenties. Veronesi published his first book at the age of 25, a collection of poetry (Il resto del cielo, 1984) that has remained his only venture into verse writing. What has followed since includes five novels, three books of essays, one theatrical piece, numerous introductions to novels and collections of essays, interviews, screenplay, and television programs.
Works
Il resto del cielo consists of twenty-five short compositions, none longer than fourteen verses, that speak to the general problematics of communication, all of which is underscored by a constant coincidentia oppositorum. Seemingly simple verses, they speak eloquently to the narrating voice’s quotidian landscape.
His first novel, Per dove parte questo treno allegro (1988), is the story of a typical relationship of the 1980s between father and son. A troubled rapport between them, the father is an adventurous businessman who, while deep in debt, has squirreled away a few hundred thousand dollars in Switzerland. The son, an insipid thirty-year-old, who acts half his age, is a do-nothing with strange habits. While the two spend a few strained weeks together, their lives eventually begin to find some similarities.
With his second novel, Gli sfiorati (1990), Veronesi approaches the family thematics in a much more dramatic fashion. A family recomposed of two previously split ones, here too the father and son experience a troubled relationship. Mete, however, finds comfort in a developing rapport with his beautiful stepsister. All this takes place in Rome, intertwined with other narratives of various social types that one might expect to find in such a chaotic metropolis that Veronesi depicts. Experimental, in some ways, this novels verges on the fantastic, while the author offers up a portrait of the early 1990s and its polymorphous, youthful generation, represented herein by the literal, and metaphorical, sign of “schiumevolezza.”
Faithful to the theme of troubled relationships between two people of different generations, Venite venite B-52 (1995) changes the dynamics to that of father-daughter. As he did in his previous novels, especially in Gli sfiorati, here too Veronesi offers up a gallery of extraordinary characters, beginning with the father, Ennio Miraglia, a representation of the 1980s consumerist Italy, and his daughter Viola, whose desire to free herself of her father’s Italy is underscored in the novel’s title, her hopes that the American bombers come and destroy that which she abhors.
La forza del passato (2000; Premio Viareggio L. Repaci and the Premio Campiello) continues the father-son relationship. This time, however, the father is absent (dead), and – again different from before – we move from a positive memory of the dead father to one that questions his son’s knowledge of who he truly was. Gianni Orzan is a writer of children’s books whose life is suddenly shattered when he realizes that what he always believed about his father, and by extension of himself, may have all been a façade. Through Gianni’s eventual stream-of-consciousness, both he and the novel’s reader constantly shift between the present and, through the character’s memory, the past.
Ring City (2001) is a “children’s novel,” for lack of a better term. As such, it figures as a wonderful companion piece to La forza del passato, as it is surely a book Gianni Orzan would have written. Topolino (Mickey Mouse) must confront the Fosterman clan, who has taken over the once tranquil city of Vocalia, transforming it into a giant boxing ring.
Caos calmo (2005) won him Italy's most prestigious award, the Strega Prize. Having lost his 'wife' to an unnatural death, Pietro Paladini is able to recover his existential bearings only after re-examining life from its metaphorical underbelly, in his subsequent dealings with the people in his life, especially when he unorthodoxly hangs around in front of his daughter's school.
Brucia Troia (2007) is Veronesi's latest novel, being released May 2007.
An assiduous essayist, much of the material in his non-fiction collections appeared in various daily and weekly newspapers and magazines, and serials, which include: Il manifesto, Epoca, Il Gambero Rosso, La Gazzetta del Prato, l'Unità, Nuovi Argomenti, Panta, Corriere della Sera. These books to date include: Cronache italiane (1992) and Live. Ritratti, sopralluoghi e collaudi (Bompiani, 1996), each of which originate chiefly from his journalistic writings. Occhio per occhio. La pena di morte in quattro storie (1992), instead, is an integral study of the death penalty and how it is administered in four different localities around the world: Sudan, Taiwan, the Soviet Union, and California. In 2002, Bompiani brought out his previous two collections, together with his “Nuove cronache” (1996–2002), in Superalbo. Le storie complete.
In addition to the above, he has also written numerous introductions of various sorts for numerous books that range from novels to collections of essays on many topics, including soccer and rock music. Most recently, he ventured into the world of theatre with his No Man’s Land (2003), a drama originating from and similar to Danis Tanovic’s film of 2001, this time however with a good dose of Veronesi’s caustic irony.
Veronesi collaborates with numerous newspapers and licterature magazines. He is also the founder of the publishing house Fandango Libri along with Domenico Procacci, and of the web radio Radiogas.
In 2010, italian newsmagazine La Repubblica reported that Fandango's artistic director, as part of the promotional campaign of new Veronesi's book, titled “XY”, have announced to have inserted some fictional articles in italian language wikipedia to attract new potential buyers.> Shortly after he publicly apologized,> claiming also to have included just one article in it.wiki.>
Bibliography
Fiction
- Il resto e il cielo. Prato: Edizioni del Palazzo, 1984.
- Per dove parte questo treno. Rome: Theoria, 1988
- Gli sfiorati. Milan: Mondadori, 1990.
- Venite venite B-52. Milan: Feltrinelli, 1995.
- La forza del passato. Milan: Bompiani, 2000.
- Ring City. Milan: Disney, 2001.
- No Man’s Land. Milan: Bompiani: 2003.
- Caos calmo. Milan: Bompiani, 2005.
- Brucia Troia. Milan: Bompaini, 2007.
- XY. Fandango Libri, 2010.
Non-fiction
- Cronache italiane. Milan: Mondadori, 1991.
- Occhio per occhio. La pena di morte in quattro storie. Milan: Mondadori, 1992.
- Live. Ritratti, sopralluoghi e collaudi. Milan: Bompiani, 1996.
- Superalbo. Le storie complete. Milan: Bompiani, 2002.
Introductions, essays, and interviews
- “Il trattino, uno e trino,” interview with Francesca Serafini in Punteggiatura. Alessandro Baricco, Filippo Taricco, Giorgio Vasta, Dario Voltolini, eds. BUR: Scuola Holden, 2001, p 145-54.
- “John Fante: la giovinezza come destino” in John Fante. Un anno terribile. Rome: Fazi, 2001, p 7-16.
- “Cento piccoli Totti,” Nuovi argomenti (January–March 2000) 5th series: 84-93.
- “Interview” with Cristiana Lardo, in L’ultima letteratura italiana: scrittori a Tor Vergata: interventi ed interviste. Cristiana Lardo and Fabio Pierangeli, eds. Rome: Vecchiarelli, 1999, p 135-41.
- “Tra gli Smith e san Paolo (epigrafi)” in Improvviso il novecento: Pasolini professore. Giordano Meacci, ed. Rome: Minimum Fax, 1999, p 189-226. (interview/essay)
- “Tirchieria del racconto e generosità del romanzo,” in Seminario sul racconto. Luigi Rustichelli, ed. Boca Raton: Bordighera Press, 1998, p 48-59.
- “Interview”, with Laura Lepri, in Panta: special issue, “Scrittura creativa. La scrittura creativa raccontata dagli scrittori che la insegnano,” Laura Lepri, ed. Milano: Bompiani, 1997, p 45-55.
- “Ma smettetela di chiamarci giovani scrittori,” L’Unità, 8 aprile 1995: 21.
Translations
- Alastair McEwen: The Force of the Past. New York: Ecco, 2003.
Further reading
- Barbara Castaldo, “Sandro Veronesi” in Dictionary of Literary Biography: Contemporary Italian Fiction. Columbia: Bruccoli Clark Layman. Forthcoming.
- Filippo La Porta, “Sandro Veronesi” in La nuova narrativa italiana: travestimenti e stili di fine secolo. Turin: Bollati Boringhieri, 1995. 58-62.
- Cristiana Lardo, “Sandro Veronesi: dichiarazione d’amore,” in L’ultima letteratura italiana: scrittori a Tor Vergata: interventi ed interviste. Cristiana Lardo and Fabio Pierangeli, eds. Rome: Vecchiarelli, 1999. 133-34.
- Stefania Meli, “Esistenze abusive nei romanzi di Sandro Veronesi,” in L’ultima letteratura italiana: scrittori a Tor Vergata: interventi ed interviste. Cristiana Lardo e Fabio Pierangeli, eds. Rome: Vecchiarelli, 1999. 142-46;
- Anthony Julian Tamburri, “Abitare in limine: Per dove parte questo treno [mica tanto] allegro,” Esperienze letterarie. Vol. 40 (2005): forthcoming, 37 ms.
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Sandro Veronesi active positions
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Calzedonia Holding SpA
Calzedonia Holding SpA Apparel/Footwear RetailRetail Trade Calzedonia Holding SpA engages in the management of its investments. It holds interests in the manufacture of hosiery. The company is headquartered in Malcesine, Italy. | Chief Executive Officer | - |
Auver SRL | Chief Executive Officer | 30/06/2002 |
Fondazione San Zeno Onlus | Founder | 31/12/1998 |
Calovest SRL | Chairman | 16/08/2011 |
Calzificio Trever SpA
Calzificio Trever SpA Apparel/FootwearConsumer Non-Durables Part of Calzedonia Holding SpA, Calzificio Trever SpA is an Italian company that manufactures knitted hosiery products. The private company is based in Castel Goffredo, Italy. Sandro Veronesi has been the CEO of the company since 2003. | Chief Executive Officer | 31/08/2003 |
Società Agricola Agribel SS | Chairman | 01/08/2012 |
Calzedonia Portugal Ltda. | Director/Board Member | - |
Alibrent BV | Director/Board Member | - |
Zalli OOD | Director/Board Member | - |
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Training of Sandro Veronesi
University of Verona | Undergraduate Degree |
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Private companies | 16 |
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Luxottica Group SpA
Luxottica Group SpA Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Luxottica Group SpA engages in the designing, manufacturing, and distribution of fashion, luxury, sport, and performance eyewear. The company was founded by Leonardo del Vecchio in 1961 and is headquartered in Milan, Italy. | Health Technology |
Calzedonia SpA
Calzedonia SpA Apparel/FootwearConsumer Non-Durables Calzedonia SpA manufactures and markets socks, hosiery, underwear, and nightwear. The firm also produces swimwear, beachwear, home wear, and prêt-a-porter, lingerie, perfumes, and eyewear. The company was founded by Sandro Veronesi in 1987 and is headquartered in Dossobuono di Villafranca, Italy. | Consumer Non-Durables |
Banco Popolare Società Cooperativa SCRL
Banco Popolare Società Cooperativa SCRL Major BanksFinance Banco Popolare Società Cooperativa SCRL is engaged in the provision of banking and financial services to individuals and businesses. It operates through the following business segments: Commercial Network; Investment and Private Banking, Asset Management; Leasing; and Corporate Center and Other. The Commercial Network segment deals with traditional loan brokerage activities in Italy and the provision of related financial services targeting private individuals, small businesses, and corporate customers. The Investment and Private Banking, Asset Management segment involves trading and brokerage; capital markets; equity research; corporate and institutional sales; investment management; and asset management. The Leasing segment offers medium and long term loans. The Corporate Center and Other segment includes direction and support functions, the portfolio of owned securities, the treasury and the group's Asset and Liability Management, the stock of bond issues placed on institutional markets, equity investments, service companies, and companies operating in the real estate sector, as well as the foreign banks. The company was founded on July 1, 2007 and is headquartered in Verona, Italy. | Finance |
Calzedonia Holding SpA
Calzedonia Holding SpA Apparel/Footwear RetailRetail Trade Calzedonia Holding SpA engages in the management of its investments. It holds interests in the manufacture of hosiery. The company is headquartered in Malcesine, Italy. | Retail Trade |
Ti-bel SpA
Ti-bel SpA TextilesProcess Industries Ti-bel SpA is an Italian company that specializes in finishing cotton broad-woven fabrics. The private company is based in Brentino Belluno, Italy. | Process Industries |
Zalli OOD | |
Savefin SRL | |
Auver SRL | |
Falconeri SRL
Falconeri SRL Wholesale DistributorsDistribution Services Part of Calzedonia Holding SpA, Falconeri SRL is a luxury fashion company that offers high-quality garments made with natural fabrics and Italian artisan skills. The private company is based in Avio, Italy. Falconeri specializes in creating luxurious and minimal clothing that provides unparalleled endurance and softness. The company's wide leg palazzo pants collection offers both casual and work-appropriate styles to elevate any outfit. Customers can shop online to discover their collections for both men and women, which include cashmere, wool, and other quality fibers. | Distribution Services |
Fondazione San Zeno Onlus | |
Calovest SRL | |
Società Agricola Agribel SS | |
Calzedonia USA, Inc.
Calzedonia USA, Inc. Apparel/Footwear RetailRetail Trade Calzedonia USA, Inc. is based in Albany, NY. Calzedonia USA, Inc. is a company that specializes in selling socks, leggings, stockings, and other clothing items for women, men, and children. | Retail Trade |
Alibrent BV | |
Calzificio Trever SpA
Calzificio Trever SpA Apparel/FootwearConsumer Non-Durables Part of Calzedonia Holding SpA, Calzificio Trever SpA is an Italian company that manufactures knitted hosiery products. The private company is based in Castel Goffredo, Italy. Sandro Veronesi has been the CEO of the company since 2003. | Consumer Non-Durables |
Calzedonia Portugal Ltda. |
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