Luciano De Crescenzo
Luciano De Crescenzo | |
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Luciano De Crescenzo | |
Born | (1928-08-18)18 August 1928 Naples, Italy |
Died | 18 July 2019(2019-07-18) (aged 90) Rome, Italy |
Occupation(s) | writer, film actor, director, engineer |
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Luciano De Crescenzo (Italian pronunciation: [luˈtʃaːno de kreʃˈʃɛntso]; 18 August 1928 – 18 July 2019) was an Italian writer, film actor, director and engineer.[1]
Biography
Born in Naples, he grew up with actor Bud Spencer. De Crescenzo graduated in engineering and worked for IBM Italy until 1976, when he published the bestseller Così parlò Bellavista (Thus spoke Bellavista), a collection of facts and anecdotes about his city which sold 600,000 copies in Italy and was translated into numerous languages. Over the years De Crescenzo became an internationally successful author. In 1980 he debuted as actor in Il pap'occhio, under the direction of his friend Renzo Arbore, together with Roberto Benigni.[2]
In 1981 he made his TV debut alongside Renzo Arbore and Lory Del Santo in successful and innovative show Tagli, ritagli e frattaglie.
In 1984 he directed the successful movie adaptation of Così parlò Bellavista (in which he also played the protagonist), followed by Il mistero di Bellavista in 1985. In 1995 he wrote and directed Croce e delizia, featuring Teo Teocoli and Isabella Rossellini.
In the meantime he published a long series of books, including novels and popularizations of philosophy. For his work in the field of Greek philosophy he received honorary citizenship of Athens in 1994. Between 1977 and 2019, he published a total of fifty books, selling 18 million copies worldwide, of which 7 million in Italy. His works have been translated into 19 languages and published in 25 countries.
- Così parlò Bellavista (1977)
- Raffaele (1978)
- La Napoli di Bellavista (1979)
- Zio Cardellino (1981)
- Storia della filosofia greca. I presocratici (1983)
- Oi dialogoi (1985)
- Storia della filosofia greca. Da Socrate in poi (1986) – The History of Greek Philosophy: Socrates and Beyond
- Vita di Luciano De Crescenzo scritta da lui medesimo (1989)
- Elena, Elena, amore mio (1991)
- Il dubbio (1992)
- Croce e delizia (1993)
- Socrate (1993)
- I miti degli dei (1993)
- Panta rei (1994)
- Ordine e disordine (1996)
- Nessuno (1997)
- Sembra ieri (1997)
- Il tempo e la felicità (1998)
- Le donne sono diverse (1999)
- La distrazione (2000)
- Tale e quale (2001)
- Storia della filosofia medioevale (2002)
- Storia della filosofia moderna. Da Niccolò Cusano a Galileo Galilei (2003)
- Storia della filosofia moderna. Da Cartesio a Kant (2004)
- I pensieri di Bellavista (2005)
- Il pressappoco (2007)
- Il caffe sospeso. Saggezza quotidiana in piccoli sorsi (2008)
- Ulisse era un Fico (2010)
He was hospitalized in Rome in July 2019. De Crescenzo died several days later on 19 July at the age of 90.[3][4]
Bibliography
- Tutti santi me compreso, Milano, A. Mondadori, 2011.
- Fosse 'a Madonna!, Milano, A. Mondadori, 2012.
- Garibaldi era comunista, Milano, A. Mondadori, 2013.
- Gesù è nato a Napoli, Milano, A. Mondadori, 2013.
- Ti porterà fortuna. Guida insolita di Napoli, Milano, A. Mondadori, 2014.
Filmography (director)
- Così parlò Bellavista (1984)
- Il mistero di Bellavista (1985)
- 32 dicembre (1987)
- Croce e delizia (1995)
References
- ^ "Alessandro Siani a Napoli: a teatro con Così Parlò Bellavista e un tributo a Totò". 11 January 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
- ^ "Luciano De Crescenzo – Biografia – Movieplayer.it". movieplayer.it. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
- ^ "E' morto Luciano De Crescenzo". ANSA. 18 July 2019.
- ^ "Addio a Luciano De Crescenzo, l'ingegnere filosofo". La Repubblica. 18 July 2019.
External links
- Luciano De Crescenzo at IMDb
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- 1953 Ernest Hemingway
- 1954 Giovannino Guareschi
- 1955 Hervé Le Boterf
- 1956 Han Suyin
- 1957 Werner Keller
- 1958 Boris Pasternak
- 1959 Heinrich Gerlach
- 1960 Bonaventura Tecchi
- 1961 André Schwarz-Bart
- 1962 Cornelius Ryan
- 1963 Paolo Caccia Dominioni
- 1964 Giulio Bedeschi
- 1965 Luigi Preti
- 1966 Vincenzo Pappalettera
- 1967 Indro Montanelli
- 1968 Isaac Bashevis Singer
- 1969 Peter Colosimo
- 1970 Oriana Fallaci
- 1971 Enzo Biagi
- 1972 Alberto Bevilacqua
- 1973 Roberto Gervaso
- 1974 Giuseppe Berto
- 1975 Susanna Agnelli
- 1976 Carlo Cassola
- 1977 Giorgio Saviane
- 1978 Alex Haley
- 1979 Massimo Grillandi
- 1980 Maurice Denuzière
- 1981 Sergio Zavoli
- 1982 Gary Jennings
- 1983 Renato Barneschi
- 1984 Luciano De Crescenzo
- 1985 Giulio Andreotti
- 1986 Pasquale Festa Campanile
- 1987 Enzo Biagi
- 1988 Cesare Marchi
- 1989 Umberto Eco
- 1990 Vittorio Sgarbi
- 1991 Antonio Spinosa
- 1992 Alberto Bevilacqua
- 1993 Carmen Covito
- 1994 John Grisham
- 1995 Jostein Gaarder
- 1996 Stefano Zecchi
- 1997 Giampaolo Pansa
- 1998 Paco Ignacio Taibo
- 1999 Ken Follett
- 2000 Michael Connelly
- 2001 Andrea Camilleri
- 2002 Federico Audisio
- 2003 Alessandra Appiano
- 2004 Bruno Vespa
- 2005 Gianrico Carofiglio
- 2006 Andrea Vitali
- 2007 Frank Schätzing
- 2008 Valerio Massimo Manfredi
- 2009 Donato Carrisi
- 2010 Elizabeth Strout
- 2011 Mauro Corona
- 2012 Marcello Simoni
- 2013 Anna Premoli
- 2014 Michela Marzano
- 2015 Sara Rattaro
- 2016 Margherita Oggero
- 2017 Matteo Strukul
- 2018 Dolores Redondo
- 2019 Alessia Gazzola