Nanni Balestrini's work represents one of the major expressions of the Neo-avant-garde movement that swept through Italian literature in the 1960s. Through his writing Balestrini strives to revive language in a world in which he believes the social...

Nanni Balestrini's poetry is invariably linked with the activities and premises of the "Gruppo '63," the neo-avant-garde circle of poets, writers, and literary critics who added an important chapter to the history of the twentieth-century Italian...