Beppe Sebaste (; born 3 June 1959 in Parma) is an Italian writer, poet, translator, and journalist. Graduated in aesthetics at the University of Bologna with

Luciano Anceschi Luciano Anceschi (; February 20, 1911 in Milan – May 2, 1995 in Bologna) was an Italian literary critic and essayist. A pupil of Antonio Banfi, with whom he graduated in philosophy in 1933, he taught aesthetics at the Faculty of Humanities ...

, he received his PhD from the same university, then moved to Geneva, Paris, and Pietrasanta. He currently lives between Rome and a small town in Umbria, Italy. Among his books, ''H. P.'' tells the inner story of Henri Paul, the driver involved in the

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; ''Porte senza porta'' (expanded as ''Il libro dei maestri'', aka "the book of teachers" meaning in several and various disciplines) is a collection of personal meetings and some conversations which includes

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, Taizan Maezumi, Bruno Munari, Terry Riley,

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, Daniel de Montmollin, Emmanuel Levinas,

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, Elisabeth Bing, Raimon Panikkar,

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, Frédéric de Towarnicki, and others. In 2004, he continued the meetings in a radio programmeA few extracts are in a cd attached to the latest edition by Sossella. by

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, including

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, Alejandro Jodorowsky,

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, etc. He writes for newspapers such as '' L'Unità'' and '' la Repubblica''.

Works

;Novels *''Tolbiac'',

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, Milan 2002 *''H. P. L'ultimo autista di Lady Diana'', Quiritta, Rome 2004 , new edition: Einaudi-Stilelibero, Turin 2007 ; French translation: ''H.P. le dernier chauffeur de Lady Diana'', Éditions du Seuil, Paris 2009 (translated by

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). ;Short stories *(with Giorgio Messori). ''L'ultimo buco nell'acqua. Racconti brevi''. AElia Laelia, Reggio Emilia 1983 *''Café Suisse e altri luoghi di sosta''. Feltrinelli, Milan 1992 *''Niente di tutto questo mi appartiene''. Feltrinelli, Milan 1994 *''Panchine. Come uscire dal mondo senza uscirne''. Laterza, Bari 2008 *''La passeggiata''. Manni, San Cesario di Lecce 2009 *''Oggetti smarriti e altre apparizioni''. Laterza, Bari 2009 * ''Fallire. Storia con fantasmi'', self-published, distributed by Amazon, 2015 ;Essays *''Lettere e filosofia. Poetica dell'epistolarità'', Alinea, Florence 1998 *''Porte senza porta. Incontri con maestri contemporanei''. Feltrinelli, Milan 1997 *''Il libro dei maestri. Porte senza porta rewind''. Luca Sossella Editore, Rome 2010 ;Poetry *''Come un cinghiale in una macchia d'inchiostro''. Nino Aragno, Torino 2018 ;Edited books * ''Allo stato puro della rivoluzione''. Il picchio, Bologna 1980 * (with Stefania Scateni). ''Non siamo in vendita: voci contro il regime''. Arcana, Rome 2002 ;Translations *

. ''Il pesce-scorpione'', Casagrande, Lugano 1991 and Marcos y Marcos, Milan 1991 , new edition: Laterza, Bari 2006 * Jean-Jacques Rousseau. ''Le passeggiate del sognatore solitario''. Feltrinelli, Milan 1996 , new edition: 2012 *

Emmanuel Bove Emmanuel Bove (20 April 1898 – 19 July 1945) was a French writer, who also published under the pseudonyms of Pierre Dugast and Jean Vallois. Life and career Emmanuel Bove was born Emmanuel Bobovnikoff on 20 April 1898 in Paris to a Jewish ...

. ''I miei amici''. Feltrinelli, Milan 1991 , new edition: 2015

References

External links

Website and Blog

Beppe Sebaste
in the Italian newspaper " L'Unità" {{DEFAULTSORT:Sebaste, Beppe 1959 births Living people 21st-century Italian novelists Italian journalists Italian male journalists Italian male short story writers Writers from Parma Italian male novelists 21st-century Italian short story writers 21st-century Italian male writers