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Stefano Benni (born 12 August 1947) is an Italian
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writer, poet and journalist. His books have been translated into around 20 foreign languages and scored notable commercial success. 2.5 million copies of his books have been sold in Italy.


Biography

Benni has written many successful novels and anthologies, among which are ''Bar Sport, Elianto, Terra!, La compagnia dei celestini, Baol, Comici spaventati guerrieri, Saltatempo, Margherita Dolcevita'' and ''Il bar sotto il mare''. He has also worked with the weekly magazines ''L'espresso'' and ''Panorama'', and with the satirical '' Cuore'' and ''
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'', the monthly magazines '' Linus'' and '' Il Mago'' (where he began and published in installments part of ''Bar Sport''), and the newspapers ''
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''. He also wrote television sketches for
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at the beginning of Grillo's career, and one of these sketches – called "Pietro Longo=P2" – caused the Psdi to ask the RAI commission to remove Grillo from RAI TV; their request was denied. In 1989, with Umberto Angelucci, Benni directed the film ''Musica per vecchi animali'', adapted from his book ''Comici spaventati guerrieri'', with the actors
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, and Viola Simoncioni. Two years before that he was also the screenwriter of another film, ''Topo Galileo'' by Francesco Laudadio, starring his friend
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. With the jazz musician Umberto Petrin, he wrote ''Misterioso. Viaggio nel silenzio di Thelonius Monk''. His novels contain, within imaginary worlds and situations, a strong satire of Italian society over the last few decades. His writing style includes many puns, neologisms and parodies of other literary styles.Stefano Benni biography
International Literature Festival Berlin. In January and February 2010, he presented the event ''Bennac'', a meeting between himself and the French writer Daniel Pennac.


Bibliography

* ''Bar Sport,'' Milano, Mondadori (1976); Feltrinelli, 1997. ISBN 88-07-81434-X * ''Prima o poi l'amore arriva'' (1981) * ''Terra!'' (1983), translated into English by Annapaola Cancogni (1985) (
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) ISBN 88-07-04003-4 * ''Stranalandia'' (1984) * ''Comici spaventati guerrieri'' (1986) ISBN 88-07-01316-9 * ''Il bar sotto il mare'' (1987) * ''Baol'' (1990) ISBN 88-07-01409-2 * ''Ballate'' (1991) * ''La compagnia dei Celestini'' (1992) ISBN 88-07-01446-7 * ''L'ultima lacrima'' (1994) * ''Elianto'' (1996) * ''Bar Sport Duemila'' (1997) * ''Blues in sedici'' (1998) * ''Teatro'' (1999) * ''Spiriti'' (2000) * ''Dottor Niù, corsivi diabolici per tragedie evitabili'' (2001) * ''Saltatempo'' (2001), translated into English by Antony Shugaar as ''Timeskipper'' (2008) * ''Achille pie' veloce'' (2003) * ''Margherita Dolcevita'' (2005) * ''Misterioso : viaggio nel silenzio di Thelonious Monk'' (2005) (includes DVD) * ''La grammatica di Dio'' (2007) * ''Pane e Tempesta'' (2009) * ''Le Beatrici'' (2011) * ''La Traccia dell'Angelo'' (2011) * ''Di tutte le ricchezze'' (2012) * ''La bottiglia magica'' (2016) * ''Prendiluna'' (2017) * ''Giura'' (2020)


Works in English

* ''Terra,'' Pantheon Books, New York, 1985. * ''Timeskipper,'' translator Antony Shugaar, Europa Editions, New York, 2008. * ''Margherita Dolce Vita'', translator Antony Shugaar, Europa Editions, New York, 2008. * ''The story of Cyrano de Bergerac,'' Pushkin Children's Books, London, 2014.


References


External links


Official website (Italian)


* 1947 births Living people Writers from Bologna Italian journalists Italian male journalists Italian male writers Italian satirists Italian male novelists Italian satirical novelists {{Italy-writer-stub