Antonio Amurri (28 June 1925 – 18 December 1992) was an Italian author, radio and television writer and lyricist.
Born in
Ancona
Ancona (, also , ) is a city and a seaport in the Marche region in central Italy, with a population of around 101,997 . Ancona is the capital of the province of Ancona and of the region. The city is located northeast of Rome, on the Adriatic S ...
, Amurri was author of some of the most popular
RAI
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variety shows, such as ''
Canzonissima
''Canzonissima'' was an Italian musical variety show broadcast by Rai 1 from 1958 to 1974, aired on Saturday evening except for the last two editions in which it was aired on Sunday afternoon. The program was referred to as "the synthesis and the ...
'', ''Gran Varietà'', ''
Fantastico'' and ''
Studio Uno
''Studio Uno'' is an album by Italian singer Mina. The songs were all performed during the Saturday TV show ''Studio Uno''.
During the years of her long career, Mina re-recorded most of the songs of this album. In 1965, she covered "Un anno d'a ...
''.
He was also author of fourteen books, several of them best sellers, which were mainly collections of short stories consisting of satirical portraits of collapsing family groups.
[Enrico Malato. ''Storia della letteratura italiana''. Volume 9. Salerno, 2000. p. 409. .]
Amurri was the father of the television writer Valentina Amurri and of the film director
Franco Amurri
Franco Amurri (born 12 September 1958) is an Italian film director, producer and screenwriter, best known for directing films such as '' Da grande'', which inspired the Tom Hanks film ''Big'', ''Monkey Trouble'' and '' Flashback''.
His father wa ...
;
he was also the paternal grandfather of American actress
Eva Amurri
Eva Amurri (born March 15, 1985) is an American lifestyle blogger and actress.
Early life
Amurri was born on March 15, 1985 in New York City, to Italian director Franco Amurri and American actress Susan Sarandon (whose mother's ancestry was It ...
.
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1925 births
People from Ancona
1992 deaths
Italian lyricists
Italian television writers
Italian radio writers
20th-century Italian novelists
20th-century Italian male writers
20th-century Italian musicians
Male television writers
20th-century Italian male musicians
20th-century screenwriters