1969

 

Feltrinelli published an important cultural-anthropological text by Claude Lévi-Strauss, Le strutture elementari della parentela. Here (Left) the author is seen wearing the robes of the French Academy.  (Center) Peter Handke, the young Austrian writer, whose Teatro including Kaspar, Insulti al pubblico, Profezia, Autodiffamazione was published.(Right): A caricature of the Argentinian author of Raccattacadaveri, Juan Carlos Onetti.

A new paperback series "I Nuovi Testi" (1969-1981) appeared to cope with contemporary themes covering opinions and experiences of a changing reality ranging from economics to psychoanalysis. from art to pedagogy, to politics, to the sciences: It was divided into different sectors that were in the hands of Emilio Battisti, Stefan Merli, Giovanni Jervis, Giorgio Best, Vincenzo Accattatis, Marcello Cini.
(Below, left): John Updike, whose Coppie was published. (Right) Vassílis Vassilikòs, who wrote Z. Anatomia di un crimine politico, on which Costa-Gavras based the film Z. l'orgia del potere. In 1969 Sergio Mattoni entered the sales department of the Publishing House.