Danilo Pennone (born July 14, 1963, in Rome) is an Italian writer.

Biography

An Arts graduate, Pennone teaches in Rome. His first published works, essays on

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, date back to the eighties. In 2008, his first novel, ''Confessioni di una mente criminale'' (Confessions of a Criminal Mind), was published from which has been adapted the theatrical production of the same name, staged at the Todi Art Festival 2009, under the artistic direction of

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, and in the Roman prisons

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and

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. He has recorded three CDs, sharing lyrics and musical credits as a co-author. In 2007, a production of his

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''Era l'estate dell'amore'' (That was the

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) was performed in Rome, directed by

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, with Pennone as writer of both the

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and music. The story ''Grand Hotel due omicidi'' is shortlisted at the 2019 Giallo Ceresio Award,. Since 2006, he has taught

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at the University of Rome '

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Bibliography

Stories

*''Diversivo coniugale'', Storie, No 27/28, 1997 *''Grand Hotel due omicidi'', Delitti di lago 4, No 4, Morellini Editore, 2020 –

Novels

*''Confessioni di una mente criminale'',

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, 2008 –

Inspector Mario Ventura

*''Il cadavere del lago'' (Le indagini del commissario Ventura Vol. 1),

, 2019 – *''Delitto alle saline'' (Le indagini del commissario Ventura Vol. 2),

, 2020 – *''Delitto di Ferragosto '' (Le indagini del commissario Ventura Vol. 3),

, 2022 –

Essays

*''Il ritorno di Finn Mac Cool'',

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, No 41, 1989 *''I druidi d'Irlanda'',

, No 51, 1990 *''Le fate irlandesi'', Conservazione, No 13, 1990 *''I Celti, miti e leggende'', Stile Regina Editore, 1990 *''La semiosi dello specchio e il suo uso simbolico nel cinema americano'', Cimena, No 3, 2006– *''Brian O'Nolan: uno scrittore tra eccentricità e sperimentazione'', Avanguardia, No 34, 2007 *''Il cibo e la fame nel cinema picaresco di Sergio Citti'', Cimena, No 4, 2008– *''Cinema spagnolo'', Cineuropa. Storia del cinema europeo, 2009– *''Cinema portoghese'', Cineuropa. Storia del cinema europeo, 2009–

Plays

*2007, ''Era l'estate dell'amore'' *2009, ''Confessioni di una mente criminale'' *2012, ''Un, deux, trois… Pam, Ham!''Un Deux Trois...Pam Ham! – Teatro Belli (Roma)
in SaltinAria.it

Discography

*2004, ''Benedetto amore'' (Interbeat INTS 20-04) *2006, ''Bastava che ci capissimo io e i miei'' (Interbeat INT 01-06),

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*2009, ''Il paese che non-c'è'' (Interbeat INTS 09) *2012, ''Straniero'' (Interbeat – Musica&Teste M&T 03-12), Egea