Ivan Della Mea

Ivan Della Mea
Ivan Della Mea
Birth name	Luigi Della Mea
Born	16 October 1940
Origin	Lucca, Italy
Died	14 June 2009 (aged 68); Milan, Italy
Genres	Folk music
Occupation	Singer-songwriter
Instrument(s)	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. His family name was "Della Mea"

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).