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Silvia Ballestra
Silvia Ballestra (born 1969) is an Italian writer. In 2006 she won the Rapallo Carige Prize. Life Ballestra was born in Porto San Giorgio in 1969. She was discovered by Pier Vittorio Tondelli and began publishing novels, short stories and essays since 1990. Her debut book was ''Birthday of the Iguana'' and it has been translated into several languages. From that book and the following book ''La guerra degli Antò'' was taken the script of a film, ''The Anto War'' by Riccardo Milani. She has a degree in Foreign Languages and Literature. She has edited various translations from both French and English. She has worked with the newspaper ''L'Unità'' and several magazines and other newspapers. She has lived and worked in Milan. In 2006 she won the Rapallo Carige Prize for ''La seconda Dora''. gru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porto San Giorgio
Porto San Giorgio is a ''comune'' (town or municipality) in the Province of Fermo, in the Marche region of Italy. It has approximately 15,700 inhabitants (2021) and it is located on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. History Already famous at the times of Pliny the Elder as ''Navale Firmanorum'' and cited by Strabo and in the Tabula Peutingeriana as ''Castrum Firmanorum'' (Citadel of Fermo), it was bound to the development of the port of Fermo, probably situated to the estuary of the Ete river and connected to the city of Fermo by the ''Pompeiana'' road. In 2013 the promenade of Porto San Giorgio was immortalized by photographer Savino Marè. The photo, entitled "Alba a Porto San Giorgio", helped make the City and the entire region famous at the tourist level, receiving the award at the International Tourism Exchange in Milan. Railways The Porto San Giorgio-Fermo station is on the Ancona-Pescara railway line of the Ferrovie dello Stato. Porto San Giorgio was connected to Amandola ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rapallo Carige Prize
The Rapallo Carige Prize ( it, Premio Rapallo Carige per la donna scrittrice) is an Italian literary award, established in 1985 by the Municipality of Rapallo and the Carige Bank (''Banca Carige''). The award is intended to promote writing by women and is open to new works by women writers in Italian. The winner receives 20,000 euros. Recipients * 1985 – Virginia Galante Garrone: ''L'ora del tempo'' (Garzanti) * 1986 – Giuliana Berlinguer: ''Una per sei'' (Comunia) * 1987 – Gina Lagorio: ''Golfo del paradiso'' (Garzanti) * 1988 – Rosetta Loy: ''Le strade di polvere'' (Einaudi) * 1989 – Edith Bruck: ''Lettera alla madre'' (Garzanti) * 1990 – Paola Capriolo: ''Il nocchiero'' Feltrinelli) * 1991 – Armanda Guiducci: ''Virginia e l'angelo'' (Longanesi) * 1992 – Susanna Tamaro: ''Per voce sola'' (Marsilio) * 1993 – Camilla Salvago Raggi: ''Prima del fuoco'' (Longanesi) * 1994 – Laura Mancinelli: ''Gli occhi dell'imperatore'' (Einaudi) * 1995 – Sandra Verda: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pier Vittorio Tondelli
Pier Vittorio Tondelli (14 September 1955 – 16 December 1991) was an Italian writer who wrote a small but influential body of work. He was born in Correggio, a small town in the Emilia-Romagna region in Italy and died in nearby Reggio Emilia because of AIDS. Tondelli enjoyed modest success as a writer but often encountered trouble with censors for his use of homosexual themes in his works. Tondelli was buried in a small cemetery in the hamlet of Canolo, just outside Correggio. __TOC__ Biography Tondelli developed an early interest in reading as an adolescent, reading what one might normally expect from a young adult male -- ''Treasure Island'', ''Journey to the Center of the Earth'', and various Westerns. As Tondelli grew older, his reading tastes would develop and in 1974 he began to write his first narratives, saying: "I have always written, starting at 16 years of age with the usual story about adolescent frustrations".Tondelli, Pier Vittorio, and Fulvio Panzeri. ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Anto War
''The Anto War'' ( it, La guerra degli Antò) is a 1999 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Riccardo Milani. Cast *Flavio Pistilli as Antò Lu Purk *Federico Di Flauro as Antò Lu Malatu *Paolo Setta as Antò Lu Zorru *Danilo Mastracci as Antò Lu Zombi *Regina Orioli Regina Orioli (born 15 May 1977) is an Italian actress who is best known for her role as Lenni, a young lesbian in the 2001 Italian crime film ''Gasoline''. Selected filmography *''Ovosodo'' (1997) *'' Gallo cedrone'' (1998) *'' The Anto War'' ( ... as Sballestrera * Francesco Bruni as Piero Broccoli * Donatella Raffai as herself References External links * 1999 films 1990s Italian-language films 1999 comedy-drama films Italian comedy-drama films Films directed by Riccardo Milani Films set in Pescara Films shot in Pescara 1990s Italian films {{1990s-Italy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riccardo Milani
Riccardo Milani (born 15 April 1958) is an Italian film and television director and screenwriter. Life and career Born in Rome, Milani began his career in 1985, as assistant director of Mario Monicelli in '' Let's Hope It's a Girl''. After being assistant of Nanni Moretti, Florestano Vancini and Daniele Luchetti, in 1994 he made his feature film debut with the comedy-drama ''Auguri professore''. In 2001 he made his television debut, directing the miniseries ''Il sequestro Soffiantini''. He is married to actress Paola Cortellesi. He's an atheist but he admires Christian values. Filmography Film * ''Auguri professore'' (1994) * '' The Anto War'' (1999) * '' The Soul's Place'' (2003) * '' Piano, solo'' (2007) * ''Welcome Mr. President'' (2013) * '' Do You See Me?'' (2014) * '' Mom or Dad?'' (2017) * '' Like a Cat on a Highway'' (2017) * ''Don't Stop Me Now'' (2019) * '' Like a Cat on a Highway 2'' (2021) * '' Corro da te'' (2022) Television * ''Tutti pazzi per amore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
L'Unità
''l'Unità'' (, lit. 'the Unity') was an Italian newspaper, founded as the official newspaper of the Italian Communist Party (PCI) in 1924. It was supportive of that party's successor parties, the Democratic Party of the Left, Democrats of the Left, and, from October 2007 until its closure, the Democratic Party. The newspaper closed on 31 July 2014. It was restarted on 30 June 2015, but it ceased again on 3 June 2017. History and profile ''l'Unità'' was founded by Antonio Gramsci on 12 February 1924 as the "newspaper of workers and peasants", the official newspaper of the Italian Communist Party (PCI). The paper was printed in Milan with a circulation of 20,000 to 30,000. On 8 November 1925, publications were blocked by the city's prefect together with Italian Socialist Party's ''Avanti!''. After an assassination attempt on Benito Mussolini (31 October 1926), its publication was completely suppressed. A clandestine edition was resumed on the first day of 1927 with irregular ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1969 Births
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Living People
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People From The Province Of Fermo
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21st-century Italian Novelists
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Italian Women Novelists
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