Ivan Della Mea

Ivan Della Mea
Birth name	Luigi Della Mea
Born	October 16, 1940(1940-10-16)
Origin	Lucca, Italy
Died	June 14, 2009(2009-06-14) (aged 68) Milan, Italy
Genres	Folk music
Occupations	Singer-songwriter
Instruments	Vocals, Guitar
Years active	1962–2009
Labels	I dischi del sole Vedette

Ivan Della Mea (born Luigi Della Mea, 16 October 1940 – died 14 June 2009) was an Italian novelist, journalist, singer-songwriter and political activist.

Biography

Born in Lucca, his family moved to Milan when he was a child. He worked in a factory, but eventually started to work at a small newspaper, Stasera.^{[citation needed]}

In 1956 he joined the Italian Communist Party (PCI). He started his career as a singer and songwriter in Milanese dialect the same year.^{[citation needed]}

In the 1960s, he belonged to the Italian Nuova canzone politica and became active in the magazine Nuovo Canzoniere Italiano. As a writer he started publishing some works in the 1980s/1990s, including three novels, and as a journalist. With his brother, Luciano, he wrote for Il Grandevetro, and worked at l'Unità and Liberazione.

His brother was political activist Luciano Della Mea (1924–2003).

Discography

Albums

Io so che un giorno (1966, LP) Il rosso è diventato giallo (1979, LP) La balorda (1972, LP) Se qualcuno ti fa morto (1972, LP) Ringhera (1974, LP) Fiaba grande (1975, LP)

La piccola ragione di allegria (1978, LP) Sudadio giudabestia (1979, LP) Sudadio giudabestia 2 (1980, LP) Karlett (1983, LP) Ho male all'orologio (1997, CD) La cantagranda forse walzer (2000, CD)

EP and 45 rpm

Ballate della violenza (1962, EP) Ho letto sul giornale (1964, EP) La mia vita ormai (1965, EP)

O cara moglie/Io ti chiedo di fare all'amore (1966, 45 rpm) Ciò che voi non dite/La linea rossa (1967, 45 rpm, with G.Marini) La nave dei folli (EP, 1972)

Literature

Works of Ivan Della Mea:

• Il sasso dentro (1990; Interno Giallo editions)
• Se nasco un'altra volta ci rinuncio (1992; Interno Giallo editions)
• Sveglia sul buio (1997; Est editions)

External links

• Ivan Della Mea at the Internet Movie Database
• (Italian) A tribute from the Resistance Archives
• (Italian) Infos on ildeposito.org

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Name	Della Mea, Ivan
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Date of birth	16 October 1940
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Date of death	14 June 2009
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