Bruno Lauzi (; 8 August 1937 – 24 October 2006) was an Italian singer-songwriter, poet and writer.

Biography

Bruno Lauzi was born in

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, then part of the Italian Eastern Africa, to a Catholic father, Francesco Lauzi and a

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mother, Laura Nahum. In the 1960s he moved to

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, where he became part of the local music scene and met

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and

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. After a spell as song writer for

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, Lauzi established himself as a renowned ''

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'' (singer-songwriter). His biggest hits include "Ritornerai" (1963), "Amore caro amore bello" (1972),"Onda su onda" (1974), "Genova per noi" (1975). In the 1980s he started a political career with the

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, but without huge success. Suffering from

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, he died in

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at age 69 from

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. He was a

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supporter of

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Discography

* ''Lauzi al cabaret'' (1965) * ''Ti ruberò'' (1965) * ''Cara'' (1968) * ''Bruno Lauzi'' (1970) * ''Amore caro amore bello'' (1971) * ''Il teatro di Bruno Lauzi'' (1972) * ''Simon'' (1973) * ''Lauzi oggi'' (1974) * ''L'amore sempre'' (1975) * ''Quella gente là'' (1975) * ''Genova per noi'' (1975) * ''Johnny Bassotto, la tartaruga...ed altre storie'' (1976) * ''Persone'' (1977) * ''Alla grande'' (1978) * ''Amici miei'' (1981, Q-disc) * ''Palla al centro'' (1982) * ''Piccolo grande uomo'' (1985) * ''Back to Jazz'' (1985) * ''Ora!'' (1987) * ''La musica del mondo'' (1988) * ''Inventario latino'' (1989) * ''Il dorso della balena'' (1992) * ''Johnny Bassotto e i suoi amici'' (1996) * ''Omaggio alla città di Genova'' (2001) * ''Il manuale del piccolo esploratore'' (2003) * ''Nostaljazz'' (2003) * ''Ciocco Latino'' (2006)

Literary works

Poems

* ''I mari interni'' ("Internal Seas", 1994) * ''Riapprodi'' ("Re-Docks", 1994) * ''Versi facili'' ("Easy Verses", 1999) * ''Esercizi di sguardo'' ("Exercises of Glance", 2002) * ''Agli immobili cieli'' ("To the Still Skies", 2010)

Prose work

* ''Della quieta follia dei piemontesi'' ("On the Quiet Foolery of the Piedmonteses", 1997) * ''Il caso del pompelmo levigato'' ("The Case of Polished Grapefruit", 2005) * ''Tanto domani mi sveglio. Autobiografia in controcanto'' ("So Tomorrow I Wake Up. Autobiography in Counterpoint", 2006)

References

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