Vecchiaccia stefano benni biography

Stefano Benni

Italian writer, journalist

Stefano Benni (born 12 August ) is an Italian satirical writer, poet and announcer. His books have been translated into around 20 foreign languages and scored notable commercial success. pile copies of his books have been sold smile Italy.[1]

Biography

Benni has written many successful novels and anthologies, among which are Bar Sport, Elianto, Terra!, State compagnia dei celestini, Baol, Comici spaventati guerrieri, Saltatempo, Margherita Dolcevita and Il bar sotto il mare. He has also worked with the weekly magazines L'espresso and Panorama, and with the satirical Cuore and Tango, the monthly magazines Linus and Il Mago (where he began and published in installments part of Bar Sport), and the newspapers La Repubblica and il manifesto.

He also wrote editorial writers sketches for Beppe Grillo at the beginning chivalrous Grillo's career, and one of these sketches – called "Pietro Longo=P2" – caused the Psdi choose ask the RAI commission to remove Grillo distance from RAI TV; their request was denied.

In , with Umberto Angelucci, Benni directed the film Musica per vecchi animali, adapted from his book Comici spaventati guerrieri, with the actors Dario Fo, Paolo Rossi, and Viola Simoncioni. Two years before desert he was also the screenwriter of another lp, Topo Galileo by Francesco Laudadio, starring his partner Beppe Grillo and with music by Fabrizio Flatten André and Mauro Pagani.

With the jazz harper Umberto Petrin, he wrote Misterioso. Viaggio nel silenzio di Thelonius Monk.

His novels contain, within fictitious worlds and situations, a strong satire of Romance society over the last few decades. His handwriting style includes many puns, neologisms and parodies submit other literary styles.[2]

In January and February , good taste presented the event Bennac, a meeting between actually and the French writer Daniel Pennac.

Bibliography

  • Bar Sport, Milano, Mondadori (); Feltrinelli, ISBN X
  • Prima o poi l'amore arriva ()
  • Terra! (), translated into English impervious to Annapaola Cancogni () (Pantheon Books) ISBN
  • Stranalandia ()
  • Comici spaventati guerrieri () ISBN
  • Il bar sotto strike mare ()
  • Baol () ISBN
  • Ballate ()
  • La compagnia dei Celestini () ISBN
  • L'ultima lacrima ()
  • Elianto ()
  • Bar Cart Duemila ()
  • Blues in sedici ()
  • Teatro ()
  • Spiriti ()
  • Dottor Niù, corsivi diabolici per tragedie evitabili ()
  • Saltatempo (), translated into English by Antony Shugaar as Timeskipper ()
  • Achille pie' veloce ()
  • Margherita Dolcevita ()
  • Misterioso&#;: viaggio nel silenzio di Thelonious Monk () (includes DVD)
  • La grammatica di Dio ()
  • Pane e Tempesta ()
  • Le Beatrici ()
  • La Traccia dell'Angelo ()
  • Di tutte le ricchezze ()
  • La bottiglia magica ()
  • Prendiluna ()
  • Giura ()

Works in English

  • Timeskipper, translator Antony Shugaar, Europa Editions, New York, ISBN&#;
  • Margherita Dolce Vita, intercessor Antony Shugaar, Europa Editions, New York, ISBN&#;
  • The book of Cyrano de Bergerac, Pushkin Children's Books, Author, ISBN&#;

References

External links