Francesco Piccolo (born 1964) is an Italian author of novels, short stories and screen plays. In 2014, he won Italy's leading literary award the

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for ''Il desiderio di essere come tutti''.

Life and career

Piccolo was born at

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. His novels and short story collections include ''Allegro occidentale'', ''E se c'ero dormivo'', ''Il tempo imperfetto'', and ''Storie di primogeniti e figli unici'' (all published by Feltrinelli); ''l'Italia spensierata'' (Laterza); and ''La separazione del maschio'' (

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). With ''Storie di primogeniti e figli unici'' he won two literary prizes: the Premio Giuseppe Berto and the Premio letterario Piero Chiara. In the cinema he has worked on screenplays for '' My Name Is Tanino'', '' Paz!'' (based on cartoons by

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), '' Ovunque sei'', '' Il caimano'' (for which he,

Nanni Moretti Giovanni "Nanni" Moretti (; born 19 August 1953) is an Italian film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. His films have won accolades including a Palme d'Or at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival for '' The Son's Room'', a Silver Bear at th ...

and Federica Pontremoli were awarded the 2006

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for Best Script), ''Nemmeno in un sogno'', '' Caos calmo'' (in which he also made an appearance‘Full cast and crew for Caos calmo (2008)’
IMDb.) and '' Giorni e nuvole''. He has also written for newspapers and periodicals, including ''

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'' and '' Diario''. Piccolo lives in

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, where he runs the

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s laboratory for the

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course at Roma Tre.

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External links

* Maria Agostinelli
‘Francesco Piccolo: tra cinema e narrativa’
RaiLibro. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Piccolo, Francesco 1964 births Living people People from Caserta Italian screenwriters Italian male screenwriters David di Donatello winners