Stefano Benni

Stefano Benni ( born August 12, 1947 in Bologna) is an Italian writer, journalist and satirist. He lives in Bologna.

Life

His literary breakthrough came in 1983 with the novel Benni Terra! . In Italy, he is regarded as a successful author, from his books more than 2.5 million copies were sold. In 1988 he wrote the screenplay for the film Topo Galileo and in 1989 was Coregisseur the movie Musica per vecchi animali. From 1992 he also wrote plays, many of which were first performed at the Teatro dell'Archivolto in Genoa. As a columnist, he writes regularly for the magazine Panorama and the daily newspaper Il Manifesto.

Works

His short stories and novels are often surreal and macabre and brutal and therefore bring the reality of the Italian daily life very close. Often act his stories of friendship, solidarity and imagination. His satire attacks not infrequently to the mendacious politicians and the adjusted mass media. Bennis style is full of puns, neologisms, allusions to events, people, and other literary works.

• Bar Sport (1976 )
• La tribù di Moro Seduto (1977 )
• Non siamo noi stato (1978 )
• Benni Il Furioso (1979 )
• Spettacoloso (1981)
• Prima o poi l' amore arriva (1981 )
• Terra! (1983)
• I meravigliosi animali di Stranalandia (1984 )

• Il ritorno del Benni furioso (1986 )
• Comici spaventati guerrieri (1986 )
• Il bar sotto il mare ( 1987)
• Baol (1990 )
• Ballate (1991 )
• La Compagnia dei Celestini (1992 )

• L'ultima lacrima (1994 )
• Elianto (1996 )
• Bar Sport Duemila (1997)
• Blues in sedici (1998)
• Teatro (1999)
• Spiriti (2000)
• Dottore Niu, Corsivi diabolici by tragedie evitabili (2001)

• Atempo Salt (2001)
• Teatro 2 (2003)
• Achille piè veloce (2003)
• Margherita Dolce Vita ( 2005)
• Misterioso. Viaggio nel silenzio di Thelonious Monk ( 2005)
• Baldanders (Audio Libro, 2006)
• La Grammatica di Dio ( Feltrinelli 2007)

German translations

• Terra! (2002 ) - ISBN 3-8031-2427-1 - Original Title: Terra, translated by Pieke Biermann, published by Klaus Wagenbach
• Comic frightened warriors (2000 ) - ISBN 3-8031-2366-6 - Original title: Comici spaventati guerrieri, translated by Pieke Biermann, published by Klaus Wagenbach
• The bar on the bottom of the sea (1999 ) - ISBN 3-8031-2344-5 - Original Title: Il bar sotto il mare, translated by Pieke Biermann, published by Klaus Wagenbach
• Baol or the magical adventure of a feverish Saturday night (2000 ) - ISBN 3-8031-2390-9 - Original title: Baol, translated by Pieke Biermann, published by Klaus Wagenbach
• The last tear (1996 ) - ISBN 3-89470-419-5 - Original Title: L' ultima lacrima, translated by Hinrich Schmidt- Henkel, published by Beck and Glückler License issue, among other titles There are no bad people, said the bear, if they are well prepared (1999 ) - ISBN 3-404-92022-8 - Original Title: L' ultima lacrima, translated by Hinrich Schmidt- Henkel, published by the BLT ( an imprint of the publishing group Luebbe )

The last tear

The short story collection The last tear was published in 1996 as a German edition published by Beck and Glückler. The original edition dates from 1994 and was published under the title L'ultima lacrima in publishing Giangiacomo Feltrinelli. A licensed edition under the title There are no bad people, said the bear, if they are well prepared was of BLT ( publishing group Luebbe ) published after 1999. The book contains 24 short stories, of which the shortest half a page, the longest 19 pages long. The stories contain elements of fables and science fiction, but are largely socially critical descriptions of the present. Often there are variations of known situations, however, appear bizarre by the modification. In this way well-known patterns are scrutinized. An example of this is the story of a poor student, in which the students must learn the history of talk shows and soap operas and be reprimanded for interest in biology. The book is dedicated to Umberto Angelucci and Luca Torrealta.