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Lidia Ravera
Lidia Ravera (born 6 February 1951, Turin, Piedmont) is an Italian writer, journalist, essayist and screenwriter. Ravera has been a regular contributor to the italian edition of ''Cosmopolitan''. Her most popular novel, ''Porci con le ali'' (''Winged Pigs''), dealt with the disillusionment of her generation with the ideals of the late 1960s. In 1977 Ravera wrote a film adaptation of the book. She'a an atheist. Bibliography *''Porci con le ali'' (1976, with ) *''Ammazzare il tempo'' (1978) *''Bambino mio'' (1979) *''Bagna i fiori e aspettami'' (1986) *''Per funghi'' (1987) *''Se dico perdo l'America'' (1988) *''Voi grandi'' (1990) *''Tempi supplementari'' (1990) *''Due volte vent'anni'' (1992) *''In quale nascondiglio del cuore: lettera a un figlio adolescente'' (1993) *''Il paese di Eseap'' (1994) *''Sorelle'' ("Sisters", 1994) *''I compiti delle vacanze'' (1997) *''Nessuno al suo posto'' (1998) *''Maledetta gioventù'' (1999) *''Né giovani né vecchi'' (2000) *''Un lungo inverno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turin
Turin ( , ; ; , then ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital from 1861 to 1865. The city is mainly on the western bank of the Po (river), River Po, below its Susa Valley, and is surrounded by the western Alpine arch and Superga hill. The population of the city proper is 856,745 as of 2025, while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat to be 1.7 million inhabitants. The Turin metropolitan area is estimated by the OECD to have a population of 2.2 million. The city was historically a major European political centre. From 1563, it was the capital of the Duchy of Savoy, then of the Kingdom of Sardinia (1720–1861), Kingdom of Sardinia ruled by the House of Savoy, and the first capital of the Kingdom of Italy from 1861 to 1865. Turin is sometimes called "the cradle of Italian liberty" for having been the politi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piedmont
Piedmont ( ; ; ) is one of the 20 regions of Italy, located in the northwest Italy, Northwest of the country. It borders the Liguria region to the south, the Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna regions to the east, and the Aosta Valley region to the northwest. Piedmont also borders Switzerland to the north and France to the west. Piedmont has an area of , making it the second-largest region of Italy after Sicily. It has 4,255,702 inhabitants as of 2025. The capital of Piedmont is Turin, which was also the capital of the Kingdom of Italy from 1861 to 1865. Toponymy The French ''Piedmont'', the Italian ''Piemonte'', and other variant cognates come from the medieval Latin or , i.e. , meaning "at the foot of the mountains" (referring to the Alps), attested in documents from the end of the 12th century. Geography Piedmont is surrounded on three sides by the Alps, including Monte Viso, Monviso, where the Po River, river Po rises, and Monte Rosa. It borders France (Auvergne-Rhône ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Literature
Italian literature is written in the Italian language, particularly within Italy. It may also refer to literature written by Italians or in other languages spoken in Italy, often languages that are closely related to modern Italian, including regional varieties and vernacular dialects. Italian literature began in the 12th century, when in different regions of the peninsula the Italian vernacular started to be used in a literary manner. The '' Ritmo laurenziano'' is the first extant document of Italian literature. In 1230, the Sicilian School became notable for being the first style in standard Italian. Renaissance humanism developed during the 14th and the beginning of the 15th centuries. Lorenzo de' Medici is regarded as the standard bearer of the influence of Florence on the Renaissance in the Italian states. The development of the drama in the 15th century was very great. In the 16th century, the fundamental characteristic of the era following the end of the Renaissanc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cosmopolitan (magazine)
''Cosmopolitan'' (stylized in all caps) is an American quarterly fashion and entertainment magazine for women, first published based in New York City in March 1886 as a family magazine; it was later transformed into a literary magazine and, since 1965, has become a women's magazine. ''Cosmopolitan'' is one of the best-selling magazines. Formerly titled ''The Cosmopolitan'' and often referred to as ''Cosmo'', ''Cosmopolitan'' has adapted its style and content. Its current incarnation was originally marketed as a woman's fashion magazine with articles on home, family, and cooking. For some time it focused more on new fiction and written work, which included short stories, novels, and articles. Now it is more targeted towards women's fashion, sports and modern interests. Eventually, editor-in-chief Helen Gurley Brown changed its attention to more of a women's empowerment magazine. Nowadays, its content includes articles discussing relationships, sex, health, careers, self-improve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pigs Have Wings (film)
''Pigs Have Wings'' () is a 1977 Italian drama film directed by Paolo Pietrangeli and based on the 1976 book of the same name by Lidia Ravera and . It was entered into the 27th Berlin International Film Festival The 27th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 24 June to 5 July 1977. The festival opened with ''Nickelodeon'' by Peter Bogdanovich. The Golden Bear was awarded to '' The Ascent'' directed by Larisa Shepitko. Since this edit .... Plot In the 1970s, Rocco and Antonia, two politically-minded high-school classmates, meet at a protest and fall in love. Cast * Franco Bianchi as Rocco * Lou Castel as Marcello * Benedetta Fantoli * Susanna Javicoli as Carla, Marcello's wife * Marco Lucantoni * Cristiana Mancinelli as Antonia * Anna Nogara See also * When pigs fly External links * 1977 films 1970s Italian-language films 1977 romantic drama films Films set in Rome Films directed by Paolo Pietrangeli Italian LGBTQ-related films 1970s It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fair Game (1988 Film)
''Fair Game'' () is a 1988 Italian thriller-horror film written and directed by Mario Orfini. Plot After being dumped by his girlfriend Eva, who was tired of his unrelentingly negative and sexist attitude, Gene decides to take revenge by killing her with a mamba, a venomous snake, into which he also injected hormones to increase its aggressiveness. Cast *Trudie Styler as Eva * Gregg Henry as Gene *Bill Moseley as Frank Production The film had a budget of 4.6 million dollars. Set design was made by Ferdinando Scarfiotti, while costumes were designed by Milena Canonero. It was shot between Los Angeles, Cinecittà and the Mojave Desert. To reproduce the movements of the mamba, Orfini used a steadicam Steadicam is a brand of camera stabilizer mounts for motion picture cameras invented by Garrett Brown and introduced in 1975 by Cinema Products Corporation. The Steadicam brand was acquired by Tiffen in 2000. It was designed to isolate the ... technique. Reception ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
32 Dicembre
''32nd of December'' is a 1988 Cinema of Italy, Italian comedy film written and directed by Luciano De Crescenzo. It is loosely based on the De Crescenzo's novel ''Oi Dialogoi''. For his performance Enzo Cannavale won the Nastro d'Argento for Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actor, best supporting actor. Cast *Luciano De Crescenzo: Psichiatra/confessore/astronomo *Caterina Boratto: Carlotta *Renato Scarpa: Oscar *Massimo Serato: Ferruccio Ceravolo *Enzo Cannavale: Alfonso Caputo *: brother of Alfonso *Silvio Ceccato: Cavaliere Ercole Sanfilippo/Socrate *: Salvatore Coppola/Antistene *Sergio Solli: Saverio Pezzullo/Aristippo *: Marlon Cacace/Diogene *: Caterina/Mirto *Riccardo Cucciolla: General Emanuele Anselmi *: Antonietta Bisogno *: Adelina Bisogno *Vanessa Gravina: Mimma *Antonio Allocca: merciaio *: Peppe o' criminale *Riccardo Pazzaglia: cliente del bar See also *List of Italian films of 1988 References External links * 1988 films 1988 comedy films I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marco Fusi (clarinetist)
Marco Fusi (1972) is an Italian clarinetist and composer. Career In 2002, he founded the group Yesh Gvul, with whom he recorded two albums, ''Moon Waltz'' and ''Addio a Lugano'', distributed all over the world, with the collaboration of Moni Ovadia and Vladimir Denissenkov. With his ensemble cast has worked with institutions such as the Club Tenco Sanremo, Jeunesses musicales International and Fondazione Collegio San Carlo Marco Fusi has also worked as a solo artist in tandem with Vladimir Denissenkov. As composer Fusi has collaborated with journalist and presenter Antonio Lubrano, for which he wrote the music for the show Il Favoliere, represented with great success in a tour in Italian theaters and on Rai 2, the national Italian television channel, by the same Lubrano and Fusi. In 2008 and 2009 he was the protagonist of the show ''Refusnik Tango'', which was attended by important names of Italian cultural scene: Ottavia Piccolo, Moni Ovadia, Lidia Ravera, Rick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1951 Births
Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the United Kingdom announces abandonment of the Tanganyika groundnut scheme for the cultivation of peanuts in the Tanganyika Territory, with the writing off of £36.5M debt. * January 11 – In the U.S., a top secret report is delivered to U.S. President Truman by his National Security Resources Board, urging Truman to expand the Korean War by launching "a global offensive against communism" with sustained bombing of Red China and diplomatic moves to establish "moral justification" for a U.S. nuclear attack on the Soviet Union. The report will not not be declassified until 1978. * January 15 – In a criminal court in West Germany, Ilse Koch, The "Witch of Buchenwald", wife of the commandant of the Buchenwald concentration camp, is sentenced to li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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Writers From Turin
A writer is a person who uses written words in different writing styles, genres and techniques to communicate ideas, to inspire feelings and emotions, or to entertain. Writers may develop different forms of writing such as novels, short stories, monographs, travelogues, plays, screenplays, teleplays, songs, and essays as well as reports, educational material, and news articles that may be of interest to the general public. Writers' works are nowadays published across a wide range of media. Skilled writers who are able to use language to express ideas well, often contribute significantly to the cultural content of a society. The term "writer" is also used elsewhere in the arts and music, such as songwriter or a screenwriter, but also a stand-alone "writer" typically refers to the creation of written language. Some writers work from an oral tradition. Writers can produce material across a number of genres, fictional or non-fictional. Other writers use multiple media such ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
