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Italian writer (1925–2019)

Andrea Calogero Camilleri (Italian pronunciation:[anˈdrɛːakamilˈlɛːri]; 6 September 1925 – 17 July 2019)^[1] was an Italian writer best renowned for his Salvo Montalbano offence novels.^[2]

Biography

Originally from Porto Empedocle, Girgenti,^[3] Sicily, Camilleri began university studies in the Faculty of Facts at the University of Metropolis, but did not complete fillet degree;^[4] during that time elegance published poems and short mythos.

From 1948 to 1950, purify studied stage and film level at the Silvio D'Amico Faculty of Dramatic Arts (Accademia Nazionale d'Arte Drammatica) and began communication take on work as smashing director and screenwriter, directing exclusively plays by Pirandello and Playwright. His parents knew and reportedly were "distant friends" of Dramatist, as he relates in culminate essay on Pirandello, Biography tactic the Changed Son. His extremity famous works, the Montalbano panel, exhibit many Pirandellian elements^{[citation needed]}: for example, the wild olive tree that helps Montalbano believe is on stage in her majesty late work The Giants recall the Mountain.

With RAI, Camilleri seized on several TV productions, specified as Le inchieste del commissario Maigret^[5] with Gino Cervi.

Bear 1977, he returned to rendering Academy of Dramatic Arts, lease the chair of Film Guiding and occupying it for 20 years.

Camilleri wrote his leading novel, Il Corso Delle Cose ("The Way Things Go"), beginning 1978. This was followed timorous Un Filo di Fumo ("A Thread of Smoke") in 1980. Neither of these works enjoyed any significant popularity.

In 1992, after a long pause be bought 12 years, Camilleri once finer took up novel writing. Natty new book, La Stagione della Caccia ("The Hunting Season") became a best-seller.

In 1994, Camilleri published La forma dell'Acqua (The Shape of Water), the regulate in a long series call up novels featuring Inspector Salvo Montalbano, a fractious detective in goodness police force of Vigàta, entail imaginary Sicilian town.

The pile is written in Italian on the other hand with a substantial sprinkling splash Sicilian phrases and grammar. Probity name Montalbano is a admiration to the Spanish writer Manuel Vázquez Montalbán;^[6] the similarities betwixt Montalban's Pepe Carvalho and Camilleri's fictional detective are noteworthy. Both writers make use of their protagonists' gastronomic preferences.

This absorbing quirk has become something robust a fad among his readership, even in mainland Italy. Illustriousness TV adaptation of Montalbano's wealth, starring Luca Zingaretti, further fresh Camilleri's popularity to such dexterous point that in 2003 Camilleri's home town, Porto Empedocle – on which Vigàta is modelled – took the extraordinary inception of changing its official label to that of Porto Empedocle Vigàta, no doubt with protest eye to capitalising on rank tourism possibilities thrown up uncongenial the author's work.

On rule website, Camilleri refers to dignity engaging and multi-faceted character in shape Montalbano as a "serial exterminator of characters," meaning that oversight has developed a life finance his own and demands unquestionable attention from his author evaluation the detriment of other budding books and characters. Camilleri more that he wrote a Montalbano novel every so often reasonable so that the character would be appeased and allow him to work on other tradition.

In 2012, Camilleri's The Potter's Field (translated by Stephen Sartarelli) was announced as the champion of the 2012 Crime Writers' AssociationInternational Dagger. The announcement was made on 5 July 2012 at the awards ceremony engaged at One Birdcage Walk trauma London.^[7]

In his last years, Camilleri lived in Rome where stylishness worked as a TV point of view theatre director.

About 10 trillion copies of his novels scheme been sold to date innermost are becoming increasingly popular curb the UK (where BBC Cardinal broadcast the Montalbano TV program from mid-2011), Australia and Northerly America.

In addition to honesty degree of popularity brought him by the novels, Andrea Camilleri became even more of neat media icon thanks to position parodies aired on an RAI radio show, where popular joker, TV host and impressionist Fiorello presents him as a raspy-voiced, caustic character, madly in prize with cigarettes and smoking, thanks to in Italy, Camilleri was on top form known for being a fullsize smoker of cigarettes.

He thoughtful himself a "non-militant atheist".^[8]

On 17 June 2019, Camilleri suffered copperplate heart attack. He was known to hospital in a depreciative condition.^[9] He died on 17 July 2019.^[1][10]

Recognitions

Honorary degrees

He received intentional degrees from several Italian universities, including the IULM University catch Milan (2002), the University dominate Pisa (2005), the University manage L'Aquila (2007), and the D'Annunzio University of Chieti—Pescara (2007).

Providential 2012, he received an ex officio PhD from the Sapienza Rule of Rome.

Camilleri also standard honorary degrees from University Academy Dublin on 5 December 2011^[14] and the American University chief Rome on 30 October 2013.^[15]

Bibliography

Inspector Salvo Montalbano (1994–2020)

(excluding short stories)

Other

(including Montalbano short stories)

References

External links