RAGGAZZO DI VITA (and not Raggazzo di vitta) Italianism by young man of life, 1 . Book by the Italian writer Pier Paolo Pasolini, published in 1955, brought to the cinema as La noche brava in 1959, 2. Popularized expression for a young man living in conditions of marginality and underdevelopment, especially in large urban centers, available for homosexual encounters.