These adolescent frustrations are conflicts between Tondelli's religiosity, his desire to express his artistry, and his homosexual desires as well as a change in Tondelli's belief system, in which he writes: "I find it vulgar to pray to God side by side with people for whom God is different from my God." Tondelli developed a jealousy towards God, who he describes as unique to himself, developing a mysticism all of his own but admitted to losing something as his belief system matured. As Tondelli grew older, his reading tastes would develop and in 1974 he began to write his first narratives, saying: "I have always written, starting at 16 years of age with the usual story about adolescent frustrations". Tondelli developed an early interest in reading as an adolescent, reading what one might normally expect from a young adult male - Treasure Island, Journey to the Center of the Earth, and various Westerns. Tondelli was buried in a small cemetery in the hamlet of Canolo, just outside Correggio. Tondelli enjoyed modest success as a writer but often encountered trouble with censors for his use of homosexual themes in his works. He was born in Correggio, a small town in the Emilia-Romagna region in Italy and died in nearby Reggio Emilia because of AIDS. Pier Vittorio Tondelli (14 September 1955 – 16 December 1991) was an Italian writer who wrote a small but influential body of work.
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