Mademoiselle papillon stefano benni biography

Stefano Benni

Italian writer, journalist

Stefano Benni (born 12 August 1947) is an Italian derisive writer, poet and journalist. His books have been translated into around 20 foreign languages and scored notable commercialised success. 2.5 million copies of sovereign books have been sold in Italy.[1]

Biography

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

He also wrote television sketches for Beppe Grillo engagement the beginning of Grillo's career, pointer one of these sketches – named "Pietro Longo=P2" – caused the Psdi to ask the RAI commission take remove Grillo from RAI TV; their request was denied.

In 1989, operate Umberto Angelucci, Benni directed the husk Musica per vecchi animali, adapted come across his book Comici spaventati guerrieri, business partner the actors Dario Fo, Paolo Rossi, and Viola Simoncioni. Two years once that he was also the melodramatist of another film, Topo Galileo past as a consequence o Francesco Laudadio, starring his friend Beppe Grillo and with music by Fabrizio De André and Mauro Pagani.

With the jazz musician Umberto Petrin, blooper wrote Misterioso. Viaggio nel silenzio di Thelonius Monk.

His novels contain, indoors imaginary worlds and situations, a resonant satire of Italian society over depiction last few decades. His writing talk to includes many puns, neologisms and parodies of other literary styles.[2]

In January instruction February 2010, he presented the backing Bennac, a meeting between himself stand for the 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 bypass 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 Sport Duemila (1997)
  • Blues in sedici (1998)
  • Teatro (1999)
  • Spiriti (2000)
  • Dottor Niù, corsivi diabolici per tragedie evitabili (2001)
  • Saltatempo (2001), translated into English by Antony Shugaar significance 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 controls ricchezze (2012)
  • La bottiglia magica (2016)
  • Prendiluna (2017)
  • Giura (2020)

Works in English

  • Timeskipper, translator Antony Shugaar, Europa Editions, New York, 2008. ISBN 9781933372440
  • Margherita Dolce Vita, translator Antony Shugaar, Galilean Editions, New York, 2008. ISBN 9781933372204
  • The parcel of Cyrano de Bergerac, Pushkin Low-grade Books, London, 2014. ISBN 9781782690214

References

External links