Danilo Arona is an Italian writer,
journalist
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,
freelance writer
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and
essayist
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, born in
Alessandria
Alessandria (; pms, Lissandria ) is a city and ''comune'' in Piedmont, Italy, and the capital of the Province of Alessandria. The city is sited on the alluvial plain between the Tanaro and the Bormida rivers, about east of Turin.
Alessandria ...
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Piedmont
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, where he currently lives.
He has also been involved for years with
fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction involving Magic (supernatural), magical elements, typically set in a fictional universe and sometimes inspired by mythology and folklore. Its roots are in oral traditions, which then became fantasy ...
literature and
cinema
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Film
* Cinematography, the art of motion-picture photography
* Film or movie, a series of still images that create the illusion of a moving image
** Film industry, the technological and commercial institutions of filmmaking
...
, and has followed any reference or appearance of fantasy in the news and in Italian society.
Works
Essays
*''Guida al fantacinema'', Gammalibri
*''Guida al cinema horror'', Ripostes
*''Nuova guida al fantacinema - La maschera, la carne, il contagio'', Puntozero
*''Tutte storie - Immaginario italiano e leggende contemporanee'', Costa & Nolan 1994
*''Vien di notte l'Uomo Nero - Il cinema di
Stephen King
Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, crime, science-fiction, and fantasy novels. Described as the "King of Horror", a play on his surname and a reference to his high s ...
'', Falsopiano 1997
*''Satana ti vuole'', Corbaccio
*''Possessione mediatica'', Marco Tropea Editore, 1998
*''
Wes Craven
Wesley Earl Craven (August 2, 1939 – August 30, 2015) was an American film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and editor. Craven has commonly been recognized as one of the greatest masters of the horror genre due to the cultural imp ...
- Il buio oltre la siepe'', Falsopiano, 1999
Novels
Arona has also written a number of fanta-
noir novels, all set in Italy, including:
*''La penombra del gufo'', Amnesia
*''Un brivido sulla schiena del Drago'', Amnesia
*''La pianura fa paura'', Editoriale AGP
*''Il vento urla Mary'', PuntoZero
*''Rock'', Solid Books 2002
*''L'ombra del dio alato'', Marco Tropea, 2003
*''L'esorcista, il cinema, il mito'', Falsopiano, 2003
*''Palo Mayombe'', Dario Flaccovio, 2004
*''La stazione del dio del suono'', Larcher, 2004
*''Cronache di Bassavilla'', Dario Flaccovio, 2006
*''Black Magic Woman'', Frilli, 2006
*''Finis Terrae'', Mondadori, 2007
*''Melissa Parker e l'incendio perfetto'', Dino Audino, 2007
*''Santanta'', Perdisa, 2008
*''L'estate di Montebuio'', Gargoyle Books, 2009
*''Ritorno a Bassavilla'', Edizioni XII, 2009
References
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Italian fantasy writers
Italian journalists
Italian male journalists
People from Alessandria
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)