title: Ivan Della Mea
text: # Ivan Della Mea
  
  Ivan Della Mea (born Luigi Della Mea, 16 October 1940 – 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.
  
  In 1956 he joined the Italian Communist Party (PCI). He started his career as a singer and songwriter in Milanese dialect the same year.
  
  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).
  
  ## Discography
  
  ### Albums
  
  * Io so che un giorno (1966, LP)
  * Il rosso è diventato giallo (1979, LP)
  * La balorda (1972, LP)
  * Se qualcuno ti fa morto (1972, LP)
  * Ringhera (1974, LP)
  * Fiaba grande (1975, LP)
  * La piccola ragione di allegria (1978, LP)
  * Sudadio giudabestia (1979, LP)
  * Sudadio giudabestia 2 (1980, LP)
  * Karlett (1983, LP)
  * Ho male all'orologio (1997, CD)
  * La cantagranda forse walzer (2000, CD)
  
  ### EP and 45 rpm
  
  * Ballate della violenza (1962, EP)
  * Ho letto sul giornale (1964, EP)
  * La mia vita ormai (1965, EP)
  * O cara moglie/Io ti chiedo di fare all'amore (1966, 45 rpm)
  * Ciò che voi non-dite/La linea rossa (1967, 45 rpm, with G.Marini)
  * La nave dei folli (EP, 1972)
  
  ## Literature
  
  Works of Ivan Della Mea:
  
  * Il sasso dentro (1990; Interno Giallo editions)
  * Se nasco un'altra volta ci rinuncio (1992; Interno Giallo editions)
  * Sveglia sul buio (1997; Est editions)
  