Background
Mangione, Jerre Gerlando was born on March 20, 1909 in Rochester, New York, United States. Son of Gaspare and Giuseppina (Polizzi) Mangione.
(A vivid account of the personality of Danilo Dolci and th...)
A vivid account of the personality of Danilo Dolci and the heroic work that he did among the poor of Palermo and points west. "The peaceful uphill struggle for reform against ingrained customs and attitudes, against an indifferent government in far-off Rome, a reactionary church, and the ever-present Mafia carried on with varying success and often under great personal stress is pictured in a lively and colorful manner." Agnes F. Peterson, "Library Journal"
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(Reunion in Sicily documents the second of Mangione's many...)
Reunion in Sicily documents the second of Mangione's many trips to Sicily. These trips become odysseys that reverse the typical journey paradigm found in most such books. Paperback version.
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( Danilo Dolci is the renowned "Gandhi of Sicily." Since ...)
Danilo Dolci is the renowned "Gandhi of Sicily." Since 1952 he has conducted a nonviolent crusade against the misery and violence of Western Sicily. A Passion for Sicilians portrays his struggles against official apathy and Mafia pressure, his long series of hunger strikes to arouse the public conscience, and his calls for measures to eradicate poverty. The book also brings to life the people of Partinico, the fascinating neighbors Mangione knew on Via Emma. We meet a Mafia killer, the Cardinal of Sicily, a Sicilian princess who defies the law as she spreads the gospel of family planning, and the denizens of Palermo's infamous slums. Written in a highly engrossing style, this book is an exciting rendition of an old world groping toward new values. Jerre Mangione is professor emeritus of American literature at the University of Pennsylvania. During his sojurn in Italy in 1965, he was a member of Dolci's staff and one of his closest confidants. Mangione is the author of nine other books.
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(From the early Italian adventurers who played an importan...)
From the early Italian adventurers who played an important role in the European expansion across the Atlantic to the political and business leaders of the 1990s, this book tells a dramatic story. The heart of the story is the mass migration that took place between 1880 and 1924, when a whole culture left its ancient roots to settle in the cities and towns of America.
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Mangione, Jerre Gerlando was born on March 20, 1909 in Rochester, New York, United States. Son of Gaspare and Giuseppina (Polizzi) Mangione.
Bachelor, Syracuse University, 1931. Master of Arts (honorary), University Pennsylvania, 1971. Doctor of Letters (honorary), University Pennsylvania, 1980.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), State University of New York, Brockport, 1987.
Writer,, Time magazine, 1931;
book editor, Robert M. McBride & Company. New York City, 1934-1937;
national coordinating editor, Federal Writers' Project, 1937-1939;
special assistant to, United States commissioner immigration and naturalization, 1942-1948;
advertising writer, public relations director, 1948-1961;
member of faculty, University of Pennsylvania, since 1961;
director writing program, University of Pennsylvania, 1965-1977;
Professor of English, University of Pennsylvania, 1968-1977;
emeritus, University of Pennsylvania, since 1977;
founding director Italian Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania, 1978-1980;
coordinator cultural events, University of Pennsylvania, 1980-1982. Visiting lecturer Bryn Mawr College, 1966-1967.
Visiting professor Trinity College, Rome, summer 1973, Queens College, 1980. Chairman Leon lecturer committee University of Pennsylvania, 1964-1985. Acting director Yaddo, 1977-1978.
Editor WFLM Philadelphia Guide, 1960-1961. Book reviewer, since 1931. Advisory editor Italian Americana, 1974-1984, 90-.
Member literature panel National Education Association, 1980-1981. Speaker main address Symposium on Italian and Italian-American Women in '90s, State University of New York, Stony Brook, 1993.
(From the early Italian adventurers who played an importan...)
(A vivid account of the personality of Danilo Dolci and th...)
(Reunion in Sicily documents the second of Mangione's many...)
(Bauformen von der Romanik bis zur Gegenwart: Ein Bildhand...)
( Danilo Dolci is the renowned "Gandhi of Sicily." Since ...)
Chairman literature arts committee Philadelphia Art Alliance, 1958-1961. Member of advisory board University of Pennsylvania Press, 1983-1984. Founding member Executive Board American-Italy Society, 1959-1994, Institute Contemporary Art University of Pennsylvania, 1964-1977, American Italian History Association, since 1969, American Institute Italian Studies, 1975-1982, Amici, since 1981.
President Friends Danilo Dolci, Inc., 1969-1971. Fellow Society American Historians. Member Author's Guild, Franklin Inn, Association Writers of Agrigento in Sicily (nominated honorary president 1994), Sons of Italy.
Married Patricia Anthony, February 18, 1957.