Gianni Maria Covatta (born 11 June 1956), best known as Giobbe Covatta, is an Italian stand-up comedian, actor, writer and politician.

Life and career

Born in

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and raised in

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, after appearing in a number of other variety shows Covatta he had his breakout in 1990 as a recurring guest in the Canale 5 talk show '' Maurizio Costanzo Show'', where he reads his compositions inspired by the Bible.Giorgio Dell’Arti, Massimo Parrini. ''Catalogo dei viventi''. Marsilio, 2009. . These sketch eventually inspired a book, ''Parola di Giobbe'', which was released in 1991 and got an immediate success, selling over a million copies and getting over thirty editions. In the later years Covatta published other books, notably ''Pancreas'', a parody of Edmondo De Amicis' ''

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'', and was active as an actor in films, television series and on stage. In 2006, Covatta was elected councilor of the

Federation of the Greens The Federation of the Greens ( it, Federazione dei Verdi, FdV), frequently referred to as Greens (''Verdi''), was a green political party in Italy. It was formed in 1990 by the merger of the Federation of Green Lists and the Rainbow Greens. T ...

party in the Rome local elections. In 2015, he was elected national spokesperson of the party, still maintaining he does not consider himself a politician.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Covatta, Giobbe 1956 births Living people People from Taranto Italian male film actors Italian male stage actors Italian male television actors Italian male comedians Federation of the Greens politicians Italian humorists Italian male writers