Antonio Tabucchi

Antonio Tabucchi (* September 24 1943 in Vecchiano at Pisa, † March 25, 2012 in Lisbon ) was an Italian writer, literary critic and translator.

Career

Tabucchi studied humanities in Paris and Pisa. At the University of Genoa, he became professor of the Portuguese language and literature. Antonio Tabucchi lived in Tuscany and in Portugal.

His work to Pereira ( Sostiene Pereira, 1994), set in the time of the Salazar dictatorship, made him known and is still regarded as his most important work. It was filmed in 1995 by Roberto Faenza with Marcello Mastroianni in the lead role.

The memory world of the characters and the existential search that moves, play a prominent role in Antonio Tabucchis work. In his books is the relationship between fiction and reality, as well as ( if not always directly ) placed in question between the reader and the writer. Antonio Tabucchi was a committed intellectual, often in European and international context took a stand and stood up for human rights. He saw his task is to bring his readers to doubt, so to think.

In his stories there are numerous allusions and quotes, refer to famous literary and philosophical models, but particularly on works of art. To accompany paintings, photos, sculptures, films, and sometimes even songs the reader through the stories.

Tabucchi commented on the Italian translation of the Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa work and gave them out. One of his books, Lisbon Requiem he wrote in Portuguese ( he had translated it into Italian, so he does not succumb to the temptation to change the text ).

Awards

Works

  • Small misunderstandings irrelevant. Carl Hanser, Munich, 1986, ISBN 3-446-14647-4. / DTV, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-423-12502-0.
  • The small Gatsby. DTV, Munich 1989, ISBN 3-423-11051-1.
  • Who was Fernando Pessoa? Carl Hanser, Munich 1992, ISBN 3-446-16462-6.
  • The Woman of Porto Pim. Wagenbach, Berlin 1993, ISBN 3-8031-1137-4.
  • Indian Nocturne. DTV, Munich 1994, ISBN 3-423-11952-7.
  • Lisbon Requiem. A hallucination. Carl Hanser, Munich 1994, ISBN 3-446-17381-1. / DTV, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-423-12614-0. Audio version: Edition Stage Play, 2006, ISBN 3-907877-10-1.
  • According to Pereira. DTV, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-423-12424-5.
  • The edge of the horizon. DTV Munich 1997, ISBN 3-423-12302-8.
  • The Missing Head of Damasceno Monteiro. Carl Hanser, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-446-19132-1.
  • Lisbon Requiem. DTV, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-423-12614-0.
  • The last three days of Fernando Pessoa. Carl Hanser, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-446-19507-6.
  • Piazza d ' Italia ( German edition). Piper, Munich, 2000 ( 4th edition ), ISBN 3-492-23031-8. / Wagenbach, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-8031-3137-5.
  • Dreams of dreams. DTV 2000, ISBN 3-423-12806-2.
  • The backlash. DTV, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-423-12851-8.
  • The Black Angel. DTV, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-423-12903-4.
  • It is always later. Carl Hanser, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-446-20224-2 / DTV, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-423-13206- X
  • Tristano dies. Carl Hanser, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-446-20663-9.
  • The time is rapidly aging. Narratives. Carl Hanser 2010, ISBN 3-446-23565-5.

Films

Radioplay

  • Indian Nocturne. Text editing by Matthias Kunkel, radio play CD, ISBN 978-3-89584-540-6.
  • Lisbon Requiem - A hallucination: radio play with music and sound bites of the city. Speaker Ueli Jaeggi, among others, a double CD, ISBN 978-3-907877-10-4.
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