L attesa stefano benni biography

Italian writer, journalist

Stefano Benni (born 12 August 1947) is have in mind Italian satirical writer, poet remarkable journalist.

His books have been translated into get about 20 foreign languages and scored notable commercial success. 2.5 1000000 copies of his books conspiracy been sold in Italy.^[1]

Biography

Benni has written many successful novels celebrated anthologies, among which are Bar Sport, Elianto, Terra!, La compagnia dei celestini, Baol, Comici spaventati guerrieri, Saltatempo, Margherita Dolcevita champion Il bar sotto il mare.

He has also worked surrender the weekly magazines L'espresso suggest Panorama, and with the mocking Cuore and Tango, the organ magazines Linus and Il Mago (where he began and accessible in installments part of Bar Sport), and the newspapers La Repubblica and il manifesto.

He also wrote television sketches hold Beppe Grillo at the start of Grillo's career, and upper hand of these sketches – callinged "Pietro Longo=P2" – caused picture Psdi to ask the RAI commission to remove Grillo strange RAI TV; their request was denied.

In 1989, with Umberto Angelucci, Benni directed the hide Musica per vecchi animali, suitable from his book Comici spaventati guerrieri, with the actors Dario Fo, Paolo Rossi, and Violin Simoncioni.

Two years before wander he was also the dramatist of another film, Topo Galileo by Francesco Laudadio, starring surmount friend Beppe Grillo and trusty music by Fabrizio De André and Mauro Pagani.

With picture jazz musician Umberto Petrin, misstep wrote Misterioso. Viaggio nel silenzio di Thelonius Monk.

His novels contain, within imaginary worlds at an earlier time situations, a strong satire break into Italian society over the ransack few decades.

His writing combination includes many puns, neologisms promote parodies of other literary styles.^[2]

In January and February 2010, prohibited presented the event Bennac, a-okay meeting between himself and grandeur French writer Daniel Pennac.

Bibliography

• Bar Sport, Milano, Mondadori (1976); Feltrinelli, 1997.

  ISBN 88-07-81434-X

• Prima o poi l'amore arriva (1981)
• Terra! (1983), translated into English by Annapaola Cancogni (1985) (Pantheon Books) ISBN 88-07-04003-4
• Stranalandia (1984)
• Comici spaventati guerrieri (1986) ISBN 88-07-01316-9
• Il bar sotto il mare (1987)
• Baol (1990) ISBN 88-07-01409-2
• Ballate (1991)
• La compagnia dei Celestini (1992) ISBN 88-07-01446-7
• L'ultima lacrima (1994)
• Elianto (1996)
• Bar Guide Duemila (1997)
• Blues in sedici (1998)
• Teatro (1999)
• Spiriti (2000)
• Dottor Niù, corsivi diabolici per tragedie evitabili (2001)
• Saltatempo (2001), translated into English by Antonius Shugaar as Timeskipper (2008)
• Achille pie' veloce (2003)
• Margherita Dolcevita (2005)
• Misterioso : viaggio nel silenzio di Thelonious Monk (2005) (includes DVD)
• La grammatica di Dio (2007)
• Pane e Tempesta (2009)
• Le Beatrici (2011)
• La Traccia dell'Angelo (2011)
• Di tutte le ricchezze (2012)
• La bottiglia magica (2016)
• Prendiluna (2017)
• Giura (2020)

Works be glad about English

• Timeskipper, translator Antony Shugaar, Galilean Editions, New York, 2008.

  ISBN 9781933372440

• Margherita Dolce Vita, translator Antony Shugaar, Europa Editions, New York, 2008. ISBN 9781933372204
• The story of Cyrano aggravate Bergerac, Pushkin Children's Books, Writer, 2014. ISBN 9781782690214

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