Achille Campanile

Achille Campanile ( born September 28, 1899 in Rome; † 4 February 1977 Larian ) was an Italian journalist and writer and a master of irony.

Life

The date of birth campanile is specified in some biographies with 1900, which, as official documents prove now, but they are wrong. His first novel, Ma che cose questo amore, he published 1927. During the same year he published his second novel Se la luna mi portafortuna.

Only six years later, he won the prestigious Premio Viareggio in Italy literary prize with his novel Cantilena All'Angolo della strada e quaranta. With this award, he was awarded a second time in 1973 for his novel Manuale di conversazione. In addition to numerous novels Campanile also wrote plays and he was throughout his life, working as a journalist.

At the age of 78 years Achille Campanile died on 4 January 1977 Larian.

Works (selection)

  • Ma che questo amore Cose (1927 )
  • Se la luna mi porta fortuna (1927 )
  • Agosto, mia moglie non ti conosco (1930 )
  • In campagna è cosa Un'altra (1931 )
  • Cantilena All'Angolo della strada (1933 )
  • Celestino e la famiglia Gentilissimi (1942 )
  • Il povero Piero ( 1959)
  • L' inventore del cavallo e altre quindici commedie (1971 )
  • Manuale di conversazione (1973 )
  • Vita degli uomini illustri (1975 )
  • L' eroe (1976 )

Secondary literature (selection)

  • Umberto Eco: lie and irony. Four readings between classical and comic ( dtv = 30859 ). German Taschenbuch Verlag, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-423-30859-1.
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