Tino Caspanello is an Italian

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, and director.

Life

Tino Caspanello was born in Pagliara,

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. He graduated in Scenography at the Academy of Fine Arts

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. In 1993 he founded the theatre company Teatro Pubblico Incanto. He started to write plays in 1990. In 2003 his text ''Mari'' (The sea) received the Special Prize of the Jury of Premio Riccione. In 2008 Tino Caspanello received the prize of the National Association of Theatre Critics as playwright and director.

Original plays

*''Non siamo qui'' *''Luna Park'' *''Ballata'' *''Era ottobre'' *''Bar Stella'' *''Santiago x'' *''Sottotraccia'' *''Don't cry Joe'' *''Blues'' *''Orli'' *''Niño'' *''Kyrie'' *''Agnus'' *''Quadri di una rivoluzione'' *''Quasi notte'' *''1 - 2 p. m.'' *''1952 a Danilo Dolci'' *''Interno'' *''Terre'' *''Sira'' *''Fragile'' *''Ecce homo'' *''Nta ll'aria'' *''Malastrada'' *''Rosa'' *''Mari'' : Special Jury Prize, Riccione Teatro Prize for Theater 2003

Publications

*''Santa, la guerra'', novel, Edizioni La Gru, Latina, Italy 2022 *''Santiago x'', translated by Pietro Pizzuti, anthology ''Recueil Festival volume 3'', ed. Les oiseaux de nuit, Bruxelles, 2021 *''SINISLAR (Orli)'', translated by Senem Cevher, Mitos Boyut, Istanbul, 2021 *''Bounds (Orli)'', translated by Haun Saussy, Laertes Books Acting Editions, USA, 2020 *''Bords (Orli)'', translated by Antonella Capra and Stéphane Resche, anthology ''Frontières'', PUM Presses Universitaires du Midi, France 2020 *''Bar Stella'' on Hystrio magazine, n. 3 - 2020, Italy *''Devrimden Tablolar (Quadri di una rivoluzione)'' and ''Deniz (Mari)'', translated by Senem Cevher and Furkan Tekbıyık, Mitos Boyut, Istanbul, 2019 *''Dy Drama'', (the book contains ''Det'' (Mari) and ''Tablo të një revolucioni'' (Quadri di una rivoluzione), translated by Arben Idrizi, Qendra Multimedia, Prishtine Kosovo, 2018 *''Sottotraccia'' - Editoria & Spettacolo - Italy 2018 (the book contains: ''Sottotraccia'', ''Orli'', ''Blues'', ''Niño'', ''Don't cry Joe'') *''Salvo'' novel - Caracò Editore - Italy 2016 *''Polittico del silenzio'' - Editoria & Spettacolo - Italy 2016 (the book contains: ''Ecce Homo'', ''Kyrie'', ''Agnus'') *''Tableaux d'une révolution (Quadri di una rivoluzione)'', translated by Christophe Mileschi, PUM Presses Universitaires du Midi, France 2015 *''Quadri di una rivoluzione di Tino Caspanello'', (the book contains: ''Quasi notte'', ''Quadri di una rivoluzione'', ''1952 a Danilo Dolci'', ''Terre'', ''1 - 2 p.m.''), Editoria & Spettacolo - Italy 2013 *''Teatro di Tino Caspanello'', (the book contains: ''Mari'', ''Nta ll'aria'', ''Malastrada'', ''Rosa'', ''Interno'', ''Sira'', ''Fragile''), Editoria & Spettacolo, Italy 2012 *''A l'air libre (Nta ll'aria)'', translated by Julie Quénehen, Editions Espaces 34, France 2012 *''Mer (Mari)'', translated by Bruno and Frank La Brasca, Editions Espaces 34, France 2010 *''Malastrada'' on Hystrio magazine, n. 4 - 2010, Italy *''Nta ll'aria'' in the anthology ''Senza Corpo, voci dalla nuova scena italiana'', Minimum Fax, Italy 2009 *''Mari'' on Hystrio magazine, n. 2 - 2005, Italy

Life

Original plays

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