Raffaele Sposito (7 January 1922 – 12 April 1981), best known as Faele, was an Italian playwright, radio and television writer, screenwriter and occasional lyricist.

Life and career

Born in

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, at young age Sposito moved to Rome with his family. Because of the war he returned in his hometown, where he created for a local radio station a variety show, ''Il Calabrone''."È morto «Faele» un re del varietà con Amurri e Verde". ''

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'' (94). 21 April 1981. p. 19. After the war he returned to Rome, where he began collaborating with several satirical magazines and radio programs. In the early 1950s, he started his career as a playwright specializing in musical comedies and

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s.Virgilio Savona; Michele L. Straniero. "Faele". Gino Castaldo (edited by). ''Dizionario della canzone italiana''. Curcio Editore, 1990. He was a usual collaborator of Antonio Amurri and

Dino Verde Dino Verde (13 July 1922 – 1 February 2004) was an Italian author, lyricist, playwright and screenwriter. Life and career Born Edoardo Verde in Naples, in 1943 he started working in the satirical magazine '' Marc'Aurelio''. Since the late 1 ...

. His last work was the radio program ''Il baraccone''. He died because of a hemorrhage caused by peptic in his home in

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. He was the brother of the actor Carlo.

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