Carlo Emilio Gadda

Carlo Emilio Gadda (1893–1973) was an Italian writer and engineer, noted for linguistic experimentation and major novels such as Quer pasticciaccio brutto de Via Merulana and La cognizione del dolore.

Born in Milan in 1893 and died in 1973. Trained as an engineer and became a major 20th-century Italian novelist known for complex syntax, dialect mixing and experimental prose.

Two DeBaser reviews treat Quer pasticciaccio brutto de Via Merulana as a major, linguistically daring 20th‑century Italian novel. Reviewers highlight its detective plot as only one strand in a larger, tangled social and stylistic project and insist it demands slow, attentive reading.

For:Readers of Italian modernist literature, students, critics and anyone interested in experimental narrative and dialect usage.