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Andrea Camilleri | |
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| Born | Andrea Calogero Camilleri 6 September 1925 Porto Empedocle,Sicily, Italy |
| Died | 17 July 2019(aged 93) Rome,Italy |
| Resting place | Protestant Cemetery, Rome |
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| Alma mater | Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico |
| Years active | 1950–2019 |
| Notable works | Inspector Montalbanonovels Inspector MontalbanoTV series |
| Notable awards | Order of Merit of the Italian Republic(2003) |
| Spouse |
Rosetta dello Siesto
(m.1957) |
| Children | 1 |
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Andrea Calogero Camilleri(Italian pronunciation:[anˈdrɛːakamilˈlɛːri];6 September 1925 – 17 July 2019)[1]was an Italian writer.[2]
Biography[edit]
Originally fromPorto Empedocle,Girgenti,[3]Sicily, Camilleri began university studies in the Faculty of Literature at theUniversity of Palermo,but did not complete his degree;[4]during that time he published poems and short stories.
From 1948 to 1950, he studied stage and film direction at the Silvio D'Amico Academy of Dramatic Arts (Accademia Nazionale d'Arte Drammatica) and began to take on work as a director and screenwriter, directing especially plays byPirandelloandBeckett.His parents knew and reportedly were "distant friends" of Pirandello, as he relates in his essay on Pirandello,Biography of the Changed Son.His most famous works, the Montalbano series, exhibit many Pirandellian elements[citation needed]:for example, the wild olive tree that helps Montalbano think is on stage in his late workThe Giants of the Mountain.
WithRAI,Camilleri worked on several TV productions, such asLe inchieste del commissario Maigret[5]withGino Cervi.In 1977, he returned to the Academy of Dramatic Arts, holding the chair of Film Direction and occupying it for 20 years.
In 1978, Camilleri wrote his first novelIl Corso Delle Cose( "The Way Things Go" ). This was followed byUn Filo di Fumo( "A Thread of Smoke" ) in 1980. Neither of these works enjoyed any significant amount of popularity.
In 1992, after a long pause of 12 years, Camilleri once more took up novel writing. A new book,La Stagione della Caccia( "The Hunting Season" ) became a best-seller.
In 1994, Camilleri publishedLa forma dell'Acqua(The Shape of Water), the first in a long series of novels featuringInspector Salvo Montalbano,a fractious detective in the police force of Vigàta, an imaginary Sicilian town. The series is written in Italian but with a substantial sprinkling ofSicilianphrases and grammar. The name Montalbano is a homage to the Spanish writerManuel Vázquez Montalbán;[6]the similarities between Montalban'sPepe Carvalhoand Camilleri's fictional detective are noteworthy. Both writers make use of their protagonists' gastronomic preferences.
This interesting quirk has become something of a fad among his readership, even in mainland Italy. TheTV adaptationof Montalbano's adventures, starringLuca Zingaretti,further increased Camilleri's popularity to such a point that in 2003 Camilleri's home town, Porto Empedocle – on which Vigàta is modelled – took the extraordinary step of changing its official name to that of Porto Empedocle Vigàta, no doubt with an eye to capitalising on the tourism possibilities thrown up by the author's work. On his website, Camilleri refers to the engaging and multi-faceted character of Montalbano as a "serial killer of characters," meaning that he has developed a life of his own and demands great attention from his author to the detriment of other potential books and characters. Camilleri added that he wrote a Montalbano novel every so often just so that the character would be appeased and allow him to work on other stories.
In 2012, Camilleri'sThe Potter's Field(translated byStephen Sartarelli) was announced as the winner of the 2012Crime Writers' AssociationInternational Dagger.The announcement was made on 5 July 2012 at the awards ceremony held at One Birdcage Walk in London.[7]
In his last years, Camilleri lived in Rome where he worked as a TV and theatre director. About 10 million copies of his novels have been sold to date and are becoming increasingly popular in the UK (whereBBC Fourbroadcast the Montalbano TV series from mid-2011), Australia and North America.
In addition to the degree of popularity brought him by the novels, Andrea Camilleri became even more of a media icon thanks to the parodies aired on an RAI radio show, where popular comedian, TV host and impressionistFiorellopresents him as a raspy-voiced, caustic character, madly in love with cigarettes and smoking, since in Italy, Camilleri was well known for being aheavy smokerof cigarettes. He considered himself a "non-militant atheist".[8]
On 17 June 2019, Camilleri suffered aheart attack.He was admitted to hospital in a critical condition.[9]He died on 17 July 2019.[1][10]
Recognitions[edit]
- 1998Nino MartoglioInternational Book Award.
- 2003Grand Officer in the Order of Meritof theItalian Republic(Grande Ufficiale Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana).
- 2008RBA Prize for Crime WritingforLa rizzagliata / La muerte de Amalia Sacerdote( "The Death of Amalia Sacerdote" ), the world's most lucrative crime fiction prize at €125,000.[11]
- Asteroid204816 Andreacamilleri,discovered by Italian amateur astronomerVincenzo Casulliin 2007, was named in his honor.[12]The officialnaming citationwas published by theMinor Planet Centeron 5 October 2017 (M.P.C.106503).[13]
Honorary degrees[edit]
He received a number of honorary degrees from several Italian universities, among which are theIULM University of Milan(2002), theUniversity of Pisa(2005), theUniversity of L'Aquila(2007), and theD'Annunzio University of Chieti–Pescara(2007). In 2012 he received an honorary PhD from theSapienza University of Rome.
Camilleri also received honorary degrees fromUniversity College Dublinon 5 December 2011[14]and theAmerican University of Romeon 30 October 2013.[15]
Bibliography[edit]
Inspector Salvo Montalbano(1994–2020)[edit]
(excluding short stories)
| Italian title | Year of Italian publication |
Italian publisher |
Year of English publication |
English title | English publisher | Year of Spanish publication |
Spanish title | Spanish publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La forma dell'acqua | 1994 | Sellerio | 2002 | The Shape of Water | Picador | 2002 | La forma del agua | Salamandra |
| Il cane di Terracotta | 1996 | Sellerio | 2002 | The Terracotta Dog | Picador | 1999 | El perro de Terracota | Salamandra |
| Il ladro di merendine | 1996 | Sellerio | 2003 | The Snack Thief | Picador | 2000 | El ladrón de meriendas | Salamandra |
| La voce del violino | 1997 | Sellerio | 2003 | The Voice of the Violin | Picador | 2000 | La voz del violín | Salamandra |
| Gita a Tindari | 2000 | Sellerio | 2005 | Excursion to Tindari | Picador | 2001 | La excursión a Tindari | Salamandra |
| L'odore della notte | 2001 | Sellerio | 2005 | The Scent of the Night | Picador | 2003 | El olor de la noche | Salamandra |
| Il giro di boa | 2003 | Sellerio | 2006 | Rounding the Mark | Picador | 2004 | Un giro decisivo | Salamandra |
| La pazienza del ragno | 2004 | Sellerio | 2007 | The Patience of the Spider | Picador | 2006 | La paciencia de la araña | Salamandra |
| La luna di carta | 2005 | Sellerio | 2008 | The Paper Moon | Picador | 2007 | La luna de papel | Salamandra |
| La vampa d'agosto | 2006 | Sellerio | 2009 | August Heat | Picador | 2009 | Ardores de Agosto | Salamandra |
| Le ali della sfinge | 2006 | Sellerio | 2009 | The Wings of the Sphinx | Penguin Books | 2009 | Las alas de la Esfinge | Salamandra |
| La pista di sabbia | 2007 | Sellerio | 2010 | The Track of Sand | Penguin Books | 2010 | La pista de arena | Salamandra |
| Il campo del vasaio | 2008 | Sellerio | 2011 | The Potter's Field | Penguin Books | 2011 | El campo del alfarero | Salamandra |
| L'età del dubbio | 2008 | Sellerio | 2012 | The Age of Doubt | Penguin Books | 2012 | La edad de la duda | Salamandra |
| La danza del gabbiano | 2009 | Sellerio | 2013 | The Dance of the Seagull | Penguin Books | 2012 | La danza de la gaviota | Salamandra |
| La caccia al tesoro | 2010 | Sellerio | 2013 | Treasure Hunt | Penguin Books | 2013 | La búsqueda del tesoro | Salamandra |
| Il sorriso di Angelica | 2010 | Sellerio | 2014 | Angelica's Smile | Penguin Books | 2013 | La sonrisa de Angélica | Salamandra |
| Il gioco degli specchi | 2011 | Sellerio | 2015 | Game of Mirrors | Penguin Books | 2014 | Juego de espejos | Salamandra |
| Una lama di luce | 2012 | Sellerio | 2015 | A Beam of Light | Penguin Books | 2015 | Un filo de luz | Salamandra |
| Una voce di notte | 2012 | Sellerio | 2016 | A Voice in the Night | Penguin Books | 2016 | Una voz en la noche | Salamandra |
| Un covo di vipere | 2013 | Sellerio | 2017 | A Nest of Vipers | Penguin Books | 2017 | Un nido de víboras | Salamandra |
| La piramide di fango | 2014 | Sellerio | 2018 | The Pyramid of Mud | Penguin Books | 2018 | La pirámide de fango | Salamandra |
| La giostra degli scambi | 2015 | Sellerio | 2019 | The Overnight Kidnapper | Penguin Books | 2019 | El carrusel de las confusiones | Salamandra |
| L'altro capo del filo | 2016 | Sellerio | 2019 | The Other End of the Line | Penguin Books | 2020 | Tirar del hilo | Salamandra |
| La rete di protezione | 2017 | Sellerio | 2020 | The Safety Net | Penguin Books | 2021 | La red de protección | Salamandra |
| Il metodo Catalanotti | 2018 | Sellerio | 2020 | The Sicilian Method | Penguin Books | 2021 | El método Catalanotti | Salamandra |
| Il cuoco dell'Alcyon | 2019 | Sellerio | 2021 | The Cook of the Halcyon | Penguin Books | 2022 | El cocinero del Alcyon | Salamandra |
| Riccardino(it) | 2020[16][17] | Sellerio | 2021 | Riccardino | Mantle | 2022 | Riccardino | Salamandra |
Other[edit]
(including Montalbano short stories)
- Le Arancine di Montalbano(1999)ISBN88-04-46972-2
- Biografia di un figlio cambiato(2000)ISBN88-17-86612-1
- Il birraio di Preston(1995)ISBN88-389-1098-7
- La bolla di componenda(1993)
- La concessione del telefono(1998)ISBN88-389-1344-7
- La concessione del telefono: versione teatrale dell'omonimo romanzo(2005)ISBN88-7796-265-8
- Il corso delle cose(1978; revised edition, 1998)ISBN88-389-1472-9
- Il diavolo: tentatore, innamorato(2005)ISBN88-7989-960-0
- Favole del tramonto(2000)ISBN88-86772-22-X
- Un filo di fumo(1980)
- Il gioco della mosca(1995)ISBN88-389-1193-2
- Gocce di Sicilia(2001)ISBN88-86772-08-4(Texts originally published in the Almanacco dell'Altana between 1995 and 2000.)
- Le inchieste del commissario Collura(2002)ISBN88-7415-002-4
- La linea della palma: Saverio Lodato fa raccontare Andrea Camilleri(2002)ISBN88-17-87050-1
- Il medaglione(2005)ISBN88-04-55027-9
- Un mese con Montalbano(1998)ISBN88-04-44465-7(Thirty short stories)
- Montalbano a viva voce(2002)ISBN88-04-50974-0(Two audio CDs)
- La mossa del cavallo(1999)ISBN88-17-86083-2
- L'ombrello di Noe(2002)ISBN88-17-87011-0
- Le parole raccontate: piccolo dizionario dei termini teatrali(2001)ISBN88-17-86888-4
- La paura di Montalbano(2002)ISBN88-04-50694-6(Six short stories)
- The Fourth Secret (2014), a short story taken fromLa paura di Montalbano
- La Pensione Eva: romanzo(2006)ISBN88-04-55434-7
- La presa di Macallè(2003)ISBN88-389-1896-1(Novel in the dialect of Sicily)
- La prima indagine di Montalbano(2004)ISBN88-04-52983-0
- Privo di titolo(2005)ISBN88-389-2030-3
- Racconti quotidiani(2001)ISBN88-900411-4-5
- Il re di Girgenti(2001)ISBN88-389-1668-3
- Romanzi storici e civili(2004)ISBN88-04-51929-0
- La scomparsa di Patò: romanzo(2000)ISBN88-04-48412-8
- Hunting Season (2014)La stagione della caccia(1992, 1998)ISBN88-389-1018-9
- Storie di Montalbano(2002)ISBN88-04-50427-7
- La strage dimenticata(1997)ISBN88-389-1388-9
- I teatri stabili in Italia (1898–1918)(1959)
- Teatro(2003)
- La testa ci fa dire: dialogo con Andrea Camilleri(2000)ISBN88-389-1568-7
- Vi racconto Montalbano: interviste(2006)ISBN88-7981-302-1
- Il colore del sole(2007)
- Le pecore ed il pastore(2007)
- La novella di Antonello da Palermo(2007)
- Voi non sapete(2007)
- Maruzza Musumeci(2007)
- Il tailleur grigio(2008)
- Il casellante(2008)
- La muerte de Amalia Sacerdote(2008),La muerte de Amalia Sacerdote(Spanish)ISBN978-8490565063
- Un sabato, con gli amici(2009)
- Il sonaglio(2009)
- La rizzagliata(2009)
- La tana delle vipere(2009)
- Il nipote del Negus(2010)ISBN88-389-2453-8
- L'intermittenza(2010)ISBN978-88-04-59842-8
- The Revolution of the Moon (2017)La rivoluzione della luna(2013)ISBN9788838930140
- Noli me tangere(2016)ISBN978-88-04-66187-0
- Ora dimmi di te(2018)ISBN978-88-4529-7755,Háblame de ti. Carta a Matilda(Spanish)ISBN978-8498389692
References[edit]
- ^ab"È morto Andrea Camilleri, papà di Montalbano, scrittore e maestro nato per raccontare storie".Repubblica.it(in Italian). 16 July 2019.Retrieved17 July2019.
- ^"Andrea Camilleri nell'Enciclopedia Treccani".Treccani.it.Retrieved22 January2013.
- ^Agrigento since 1927
- ^"Andrea Camilleri Libri - I libri dell'autore: Andrea Camilleri - Libreria Universitaria".libreriauniversitaria.it.Retrieved10 February2016.
- ^Rinaldi, Lucia (2012).Andrea Camilleri: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction.McFarland. p. 135.ISBN978-0-7864-4670-4.Archived fromthe originalon 18 January 2012.Retrieved4 May2014.
- ^Tondo, Lorenzo (5 April 2019)."'Italians go for the strongman': Montalbano author on fascism and the future ".The Guardian– via theguardian.
- ^Cf.CWA's website page"CWA International Dagger 2012 Winner"Archived4 July 2012 at theWayback Machine.
- ^"Interview to Infomed".Infomedi.it.Retrieved22 January2013.
- ^"ANDREA CAMILLERI NON È MORTO/" Non cosciente, stabile ": l'ispettore Fazio" stai qui "".IlSussidiario.net.17 June 2019.
- ^Marchese, Francesca (17 July 2019)."Inspector Montalbano creator Camilleri dies at 93".BBC News.
- ^"Scottish author wins lucrative crime award".Business and Leadership.4 September 2009. Archived fromthe originalon 13 December 2013.Retrieved13 September2013.
- ^"204816 Andreacamilleri (2007 OZ)".Minor Planet Center.Retrieved26 August2019.
- ^"MPC/MPO/MPS Archive".Minor Planet Center.Retrieved26 August2019.
- ^"UCD honorary degrees for Joseph O'Connor, Andrea Camilleri, Mary Gordon, and Olivia O'Leary".University College Dublin.Retrieved10 April2014.
- ^"Maestro Andrea Camilleri Receives AUR Honoris Causa Degree".The American University of Rome. 27 September 2014.Retrieved27 September2018.
- ^Marchese, Francesca (17 July 2019)."Andrea Camilleri: Inspector Montalbano author dies aged 93".BBC News.Retrieved10 October2020.
Camilleri's final book in the series, entitled Riccardino and written in 2006, remains with his publisher, locked in a cabinet in Palermo under agreement that it be printed at a later date.
- ^Agence France-Presse(16 July 2020)."Montalbano returns in Andrea Camilleri's posthumous novel".the Guardian.Retrieved10 October2020.
Riccardino was first penned in 2005 and then tweaked in 2016, after which Camilleri gave it to his publisher on the promise that it would not be released until after his death.
External links[edit]
- (in Italian)Official website
- (in English)Andrea Camilleri: a life in writing
- (in English)From Montelusa to Vigata. On the trail of Andrea Camilleri and Inspector Montalbano
- (in German, English, and Italian)Andrea Camilleri Reader Website(in German, English, and Italian)
- (in Italian)Vigata.org – Camilleri Fans Club
- Popham, Peter (7 January 2007)."Andrea Camilleri: Once upon a time in Sicily".The Independent.London.Archivedfrom the original on 17 August 2009.Retrieved2 March2012.
- Bailey, Paul (14 October 2006)."The sage of Sicily".The Guardian.London.Retrieved2 March2012.
- Judges by Andrea Camilleri, Carlo Lucarelli, Giancarlo De Cataldo - Book Reviewat Upcoming4.me
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- Andrea Camilleri
- 1925 births
- 2019 deaths
- People from Porto Empedocle
- 20th-century Italian novelists
- 21st-century Italian novelists
- Writers from the Province of Agrigento
- Italian mystery writers
- Italian crime fiction writers
- Organized crime novelists
- Bancarella Prize winners
- Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico alumni
- Italian male novelists