The Selected Poetry of Pier Paolo PasoliniPier Paolo Pasolini Most people outside Italy know Pier Paolo Pasolini for his films, many of which began as literary worksArabian Nights, The Gospel According to Matthew, The Decameron, and The Canterbury Tales among them. What most people are not aware of is that he was primarily a poet, publishing nineteen books of poems during his lifetime, as well as a visual artist, novelist, playwright, and journalist. Half a dozen of these books have been