Editing Pier Paolo Pasolini (section)

=== Early poetry ===
[[File:Pier Paolo Pasolini casarsa.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Pasolini in his young years]]
In 1942, Pasolini published at his own expense a collection of poems in Friulan, ''Poesie a Casarsa'', which he had written at the age of eighteen. The work was noted and appreciated by such intellectuals and critics as [[Gianfranco Contini]], [[Alfonso Gatto]] and Antonio Russi. Pasolini's pictures had also been well received. He was chief editor of a magazine called ''Il Setaccio'' ('The Sieve'), but was fired after conflicts with the director, who was aligned with the [[Fascist regime in Italy|Fascist regime]]. A trip to Germany helped him also to perceive the "provincial" status of [[Italian culture]] in that period. These experiences led Pasolini to revise his opinion about the cultural politics of Fascism and to switch gradually to a [[communist]] position.

Pasolini's family took shelter in Casarsa, considered a more tranquil place to wait for the conclusion of the [[Second World War]], a decision common among Italian military families. Here he joined a group of other young enthusiasts of the Friulan language who wanted to give [[Casarsa]] Friulan a status equal to that of [[Udine]], the official regional standard. From May 1944, they issued a magazine entitled ''Stroligùt di cà da l'aga''. In the meantime, Casarsa suffered [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] bombardments and forced enlistments by the [[Italian Social Republic]], as well as [[Partisan (military)|partisan]] activity.

Pasolini tried to distance himself from these events. Starting in October 1943, Pasolini, his mother and other colleagues taught students unable to reach the schools in [[Pordenone]] or Udine. This educational workshop was considered illegal and broke up in February 1944.<ref>{{cite book |last=Martellini |first=Luigi |date=2006 |title=Pier Paolo Pasolini; Retrato de un intelectual |location=Valencia |publisher=Universidad de Valencia |page=28 |isbn=978-84-370-7928-8}}</ref> It was here that Pasolini had his first experience of homosexual attraction to one of his students.{{citation needed|date=February 2016}} His brother Guido, aged 19, joined the [[Action Party (Italy)|Party of Action]] and their [[Brigate Osoppo]], taking to the bush near Slovenia. On 12 February 1945, Guido was killed in an ambush planted by the [[Brigate Garibaldi]] serving in the lines of [[Josip Broz Tito]]'s [[Yugoslavia]]n [[Guerrilla warfare|guerrillas]]. This devastated Pasolini and his mother.<ref>Martelini, L. 2006, p. 29</ref>

Six days after his brother's death, Pasolini and others founded the Friulan Language Academy (''Academiuta di lenga furlana''). Meanwhile, on account of Guido's death, Pasolini's father returned to Italy from his detention period in November 1945, settling in Casarsa. That same month, Pasolini graduated from university after completing a final thesis about the work of [[Giovanni Pascoli]] (1855–1912), an Italian poet and [[classical scholar]].<ref>Martelini, L. 2006, p. 33</ref>

In 1946, Pasolini published a small poetry collection, ''I Diarii'' ('The Diaries'), with the Academiuta. In October he traveled to Rome. The following May he began the so-called ''Quaderni Rossi'', handwritten in old school [[exercise book]]s with red covers. He completed a drama in Italian, ''Il Cappellano''. His poetry collection, ''I Pianti'' ('The cries'), was also published by the Academiuta.