Wednesday 22 October, 6.30pm
The Italian Library #16
One Hundred Years of Camilleri
Ornella Tarantola in conversation with Luca Crovi
In Italian
Andrea Camilleri was many things—so many that they could hardly fit within a single person. His story of a “delayed destiny,” as he called it, is well known: his breakthrough as a writer at nearly seventy years old with Commissario Montalbano that brought him unprecedented popularity. But Camilleri was not just this. We celebrate the centenary of Andrea Camilleri’s birth by conversing with Luca Crovi, author of a biography strongly encouraged by the Camilleri family. Luca Crovi reconstructs the mosaic of an extraordinary, vibrant, and ironic man, doing justice to the boundless energy that Andrea Camilleri devoted to art throughout his entire life.
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Essayist and novelist, Luca Crovi has written for Il Giornale, Max, Italia Oggi, and the magazine Suono. Since the 1990s, he has worked as an editor at Sergio Bonelli Editore. In 2002, Marsilio published his monograph on Italian thrillers, Tutti i colori del giallo, which later lent its title to the successful radio program hosted by Crovi on Rai Radio 2 until 2011. He is the author of scripts, radio programs, essays, and novels for both adults and children. For Salani, he published the biography Andrea Camilleri. Una storia, created in collaboration with the writer’s family to mark the centenary of the Sicilian author’s birth.
Marco Gambino is a theatre, film, and television actor. He lives in London and performs in Italian, French, and English. Among his recent works is the television series Those About to Die, available on Amazon Prime.