Manlio Sgalambro (; 9 December 1924 – 6 March 2014) was an

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, born in

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Biography

Philosophical production

Sgalambro did not have certificates or degrees as business cards: how he became a writer of philosophy – whose books are translated into French, German and Spanish – is a mystery that he was not able to explain. Beginning In 1945 he worked jointly with the review ''Prisma'' (directed by Leonardo Grassi): the first writing is ''Paralipomeni all'irrazionalismo''. In 1947 he matriculated at the

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: From 1959, along with Sebastiano Addamo, he wrote for the magazine ''Incidenze'' (founded by Antonio Corsano). His first article for the journal was ''Crepuscolo e notte'' (reprinted in 2011). Meanwhile he wrote for the journal ''Tempo presente'' (directed by

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and

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). In 1963, at the age of 39, he got married. The income from citrus orchards inherited from his father was no longer sufficient so he chose to supplement it by undertaking a thesis for a degree and teaching. In the late 1970s Sgalambro began to organize his thoughts in systematic work. Then at the age of 55, he sent his first book, ''La morte del sole'', to the editor Adelphi: In the following years, with the same editor, he published: ''Trattato dell'empietà'', ''Anatol'', ''Del pensare breve'', ''Dialogo teologico'', ''Dell'indifferenza in materia di società'', ''La consolazione'', ''Trattato dell'età'', ''De mundo pessimo'' and ''La conoscenza del peggio'' e ''Del delitto''. In the meanwhile, in the early 1990s, with some friends he established a small editorial activity in

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: De Martinis. On the inside, Sgalambro managed pamphlets, publishing a pair of works (''Dialogo sul comunismo'' and ''Contro la musica'') and printed some operas by

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and

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Collaboration with Battiato

In 1993 he encountered

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, accidentally, during the presentation of a common friend's poetry book. After few days, Battiato asked him to a meeting to propose to him the libretto for the opus ''Il cavaliere dell'intelletto'' about Frederik II of Hohenstaufen: From 1994 until his death he collaborated on almost every one of

's projects. For him he wrote: * the libretti of the opera ''Il cavaliere dell'intelletto'', ''Socrate impazzito'', ''Gli Schopenhauer'' and ''Campi magnetici''; * the lyrics of many pop music albums (''L'ombrello e la macchina da cucire'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''Ferro battuto'', '' Dieci stratagemmi'', '' Il vuoto'', etc.); * the screenplays of the movies ''

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'', ''Musikanten'' (about the last years of

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's life) and ''Niente è come sembra'', of the television transmission ''Bitte keine réclame'' and of the documentary ''Auguri don Gesualdo'' (about

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). Starting in 1998 he penned song lyrics for

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(''Emma''),

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(''Il movimento del dare''),

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(''Marie ti amiamo'') and

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(''Non conosco nessun Patrizio''). In 2000 he published the single ''La mer'', containing the cover of the famous song by

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. In 2001 he published the album ''Fun club'', produced by

and Saro Cosentino, containing evergreen songs like ''La vie en rose'' (by

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) and ''Moon river'' (by

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), but even the ironic ''Me gustas tú'' (by

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). In 2007 he lent his voice to the DC-9 airliner in Pippo Pollina's opera ''Ultimo volo'' ("''Last flight''"), about the 1980 loss of

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in the Ustica massacre. In 2009 he published the single ''La canzone della galassia'', containing the cover of ''The galaxy song'' (taken from

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's '' The meaning of life''), sung with the Sardinian-English group Mab.

Bibliography

* ''La morte del sole'' ( Adelphi, 1982). * ''Trattato dell'empietà'' ( Adelphi, 1987, ). * ''Vom Tod der Sonne'' (German edition of ''La morte del sole'', Hanser, 1988, ). * ''Del metodo ipocondriaco'' (Il Girasole, 1989). * ''La morte del sole'' (second edition, Adelphi, 1996, ). * ''Trattato dell'empietà'' (second edition, Adelphi, 2005, ). * ''Anatol'' ( Adelphi, 1990, ). * ''Anatol'' (French edition of ''Anatol'', Circé, 1991, ). * ''Del pensare breve'' ( Adelphi, 1991, ). * ''Dialogo teologico'' ( Adelphi, 1993, ). * ''Contro la musica: sull'ethos della musica'' (De Martinis, 1994, ). * ''Dell'indifferenza in materia di società'' ( Adelphi, 1994, ). * ''De la pensée brève'' (French edition of ''Del pensare breve'', Circé, 1995, ). * ''Dialogo sul comunismo'' (De Martinis, 1995, ). * ''La consolazione'' ( Adelphi, 1995, ). * ''Teoria della canzone'' (

Bompiani Bompiani is an Italian publishing house based in Milan. It was founded in 1929 by Valentino Bompiani. In 1990, Bompiani became part of the RCS MediaGroup. It was sold in 2015 to the Giunti Group. It is widely regarded as one of the leading literar ...

, 1997, ). * ''Nietzsche: frammenti di una biografia per versi e voce'' (

, 1998, ). * ''Sphère de la mémoire & Éléments de théologie: dialogues philosophiques'' (French edition of ''Dialogo teologico'', Circé, 1998, ). * ''Poesie'' (limited edition, La Pietra Infinita, 1999). * ''Trattato dell'età: una lezione di metafisica'' ( Adelphi, 1999, ). * ''Traité de l'âge: une leçon de métaphysique'' (French edition of ''Trattato dell'età'', Payot, 2001, ). * ''Opus postumissimum: frammento di un poema'' (Giubbe Rosse, 2002). * ''De mundo pessimo'' ( Adelphi, 2004, ). * ''Quaternario: racconto parigino'' (Il Girasole, 2006). * ''Nietzsche: frammenti di una biografia per versi e voce'' (second edition,

, 2006, ). * ''La conoscenza del peggio'' ( Adelphi, 2007, ). * ''Del delitto'' ( Adelphi, 2009, ). * ''La consolación'' (Spanish edition of ''La consolazione'', Pre-Textos, 2009, ). * ''L'impiegato di filosofia'' (limited edition, La Pietra Infinita, 2010). * ''Crepuscolo e notte'' (Mesogea, 2011, ). * ''Nell'anno della pecora di ferro'' (Il Girasole, 2011, ). * ''Marcisce anche il pensiero: frammenti di un poema'' (

, 2011, ).

Discography

Album

* ''Fun club'' ( Sony music entertainment Italy, 2001 – ).

Singoli

* ''La mer'' ( Sony music entertainment Italy, 2000). * ''Me gustas tú'' ( Sony music entertainment Italy, 2001). * ''La canzone della galassia'' ( Sony music entertainment Italy, 2009).

Videography

Videoclips

* ''Tre poesie'' (2004). * ''La canzone della galassia'' (2009).

Collaborations

Literature

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, ''La filosofia delle università'' ( Adelphi, 1992 – ). *

, ''Confutazione delle religioni'' (De Martinis, 1993). *

, ''Discorso coerente sui rapporti tra Dio e il mondo'' (De Martinis, 1994). *

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, ''Una pura formalità'' (De Martinis, 1994). * Maurizio Cosentino, ''I sistemi morali'' (Boemi, 1998). * Ottavio Cappellani, ''La morale del cavallo: trattato dei cavalieri'' (Nadir, 1998). * Tommaso Ottonieri, ''Elegia sanremese'' (Bompiani, 1998). * Domenico Trischitta, ''Daniela Rocca: il miraggio in celluloide'' (Boemi, 1999). * Salvo Basso, ''Dui'' (Prova d'autore, 1999). * Manlio Sgalambro & Davide Benati, ''Segrete'' (La pietra infinita, 2001). * Mariacatena De Leo & Luigi Ingaliso, ''Nell'antro del filosofo: dialogo con Manlio Sgalambro'' (Prova d'autore, 2002 – ). * Manlio Sgalambro, Silvia Batisti & Rossella Lisi, ''Opus postumissimum: frammento di un poema'' (Giubbe rosse, 2002). * Manlio Sgalambro & Antonio Contiero, ''Dolore e poesia'' (La pietra infinita, 2003). * Vincenzo Mollica, ''Franco Battiato: l'alba dentro l'imbrunire'' (Einaudi, 2004). * Riccardo Mondo & Luigi Turinese, ''Caro Hillman: venticinque scambi epistolari con James Hillman'' (Bollati Boringhieri, 2004 – ). * Antonio Contiero, ''Galleria Buenos Aires'' (Aliberti, 2006 – ). * Luca Farruggio, ''Bugie estatiche'' (Il filo, 2006 – ). *

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, ''Incontro con Nadia Boulanger'' (Rue Ballu, 2007 – ). * Cristina Valenti, ''Ustica e le sue arti: percorsi tra impegno creatività e memoria'' (Titivillus, 2007 – ). *

, ''In fondo sono contento di aver fatto la mia conoscenza'' (Bompiani & L'ottava, 2007). * Anna Vasta, ''I malnati'' (I quaderni del battello ebbro, 2007 – ). * Michele Falzone, ''Franco Battiato: la Sicilia che profuma d'oriente'' (Flaccovio, 2008 – ). * Arnold De Vos, ''Il giardino persiano'' (Samuele, 2009). * Angelo Scandurra, ''Quadreria dei poeti passanti'' (Bompiani, 2009 – ). * AA.VV., ''Catania: non vi sarà facile si può fare lo facciamo'' (ANCE, 2009). *

, ''Don Gesualdo: con i contributi di Manlio Sgalambro e Antonio Di Grado'' (Bompiani & Kasba comunicazioni, 2010). * Domenico Cipriano, ''Novembre'' (Transeuropa, 2010 – ). * Carlo Guarrera, ''Occhi aperti spalancati'' (Mesogea, 2011).

Music

Album

, ''L'ombrello e la macchina da cucire'' ( EMI music Italy & L'ottava, 1995 – ). *

, ''L'imboscata'' ( Polygram Italy & L'ottava, 1996 – ), released even in Spain as ''La emboscada'' ( Polygram Italy & L'ottava, 1997 – ). *

, ''L'imboscata tour'' ( Polygram Italy & L'ottava, 1997) *

, ''Gommalacca'' ( Polygram Italy & L'ottava, 1998 – ). *

, ''Fleurs'' ( Universal music Italy & L'ottava, 1999 – ). *

, ''Campi magnetici'' ( Sony music entertainment Italy & L'ottava, 2000 – ). *

, ''Ferro battuto'' ( Sony music entertainment Italy & L'ottava, 2001 – ), translated even in Spain as ''Hierro forjado'' ( Sony music entertainment Italy & L'ottava, 2001 – ). * AA.VV., ''Invasioni'' (New scientist, 2001). *

, ''Fleurs 3'' ( Sony music entertainment Italy & L'ottava, 2002 – ). *

, ''Colonna sonora di Perduto amor'' ( Sony music entertainment Italy & L'ottava, 2003 – ). * Alice, ''

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'' (NuN entertainment, 2003 – ). *

, ''Last summer dance'' ( Sony music entertainment Italy & L'ottava, 2003 – ). *

, ''Dieci stratagemmi: attraversare il mare per ingannare il cielo'' ( Sony music entertainment Italy & L'ottava, 2004 – ). *

, ''Un soffio al cuore di natura elettrica'' ( Sony music entertainment Italy & L'ottava, 2005 – ). *

, ''Il vuoto'' ( Universal music Italy & L'ottava, 2007 – ). * Pippo Pollina, ''Ultimo volo: orazione civile per Ustica'' (Storie di note, 2007 – ). * Lilies on Mars, ''Lilies on Mars'' (Lilies on Mars, 2008). *

, ''Il movimento del dare'' ( Sony music entertainment Italy, 2008 – ). *

, ''Fleurs 2'' ( Universal music Italy & L'ottava, 2008 – ). * Alice, ''Lungo la strada'' ( EMI music Italy, 2009). *

, ''Elettra'' ( Universal music Italy & Narciso records, 2009 – ). *

, ''Inneres Auge: il tutto è più della somma delle sue parti'' ( Universal music Italy & L'ottava, 2009 – ). *

, ''Non conosco nessun Patrizio'' ( Universal music Italy, 2010 – ). *

, ''Per niente stanca'' ( Universal music Italy & Narciso records).

Singles

, ''Strani giorni'' ( Polygram Italy & L'ottava, 1996 – ). *

, ''Shock in my town'' ( Polygram Italy & L'ottava, 1998 – ). *

, ''Il ballo del potere'' ( Polygram Italy & L'ottava, 1996). *

, ''Running against the grain'' ( Sony music entertainment Italy & L'ottava, 2001 – ). * Alice, ''Come un sigillo'' (NuN entertainment, 2003). *

, ''Il vuoto'' ( Universal music Italy & L'ottava, 2007). *

, ''Tutto l'universo obbedisce all'amore'' ( Universal music Italy & L'ottava, 2008). *

, ''Inneres Auge'' ( Universal music Italy & L'ottava, 2009).

Songs

* ''L'ombrello e la macchina da cucire'' (1995 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro; music by

). * ''Breve invito a rinviare il suicidio'' (1995 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro; music by

). * ''Piccolo pub'' (1995 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro; music by

). * ''Fornicazione'' (1995 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro; music by

). * ''Gesualdo da Venosa'' (1995 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro; music by

). * ''Moto browniano'' (1995 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro; music by

). * ''Tao'' (1995 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro; music by

). * ''Un vecchio cameriere'' (1995 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro; music by

). * ''L'esistenza di Dio'' (1995 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro; music by

). * ''Di passaggio'' (1996 – lyrics by

and Manlio Sgalambro; music by

). * ''Strani giorni'' (1996 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro; music by

). * ''La cura'' (1996 – lyrics by

and Manlio Sgalambro; music by

). * ''Ein Tag aus dem Leben des kleinen Johannes'' (1996 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro; music by

). * ''Amata solitudine'' (1996 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro; music by

). * ''Splendide previsioni'' (1996 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro and

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; music by

). * ''Ecco com'è che va il mondo'' (1996 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro; music by

). * ''Segunda-feira'' (1996 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro; music by

). * ''Memoria di Giulia'' (1996 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro; music by

). * ''Serial killer'' (1996 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro; music by

). * ''Decline and fall of the Roman empire'' (1996 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro; music by

). * ''Shock in my town'' (1998 – lyrics by

and Manlio Sgalambro; music by

). * ''Auto da fé'' (1998 – lyrics by

and Manlio Sgalambro; music by

). * ''Casta diva'' (1998 – lyrics by

and Manlio Sgalambro; music by

). * ''Il ballo del potere'' (1998 – lyrics by

and Manlio Sgalambro; music by

). * ''La preda'' (1998 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro; music by

). * ''Il mantello e la spiga'' (1998 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro; music by

). * ''È stato molto bello'' (1998 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro; music by

). * ''Quello che fu'' (1998 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro; music by

). * ''Vite parallele'' (1998 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro; music by

). * ''E.Shackleton'' (1998 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro and

; music by

). * ''Stage door'' (1998 – lyrics by

and Manlio Sgalambro; music by

). * ''Emma'' (1998 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro; music by

). * ''L'incantesimo'' (1998 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro; music by

). * ''Medievale'' (1999 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro; music by

). * ''Invito al viaggio'' (1999 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro; music by

). * ''Running against the grain'' (2001 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro and

; music by

). * ''Bist du bei mir'' (2001 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro and

; music by

). * ''La quiete dopo un addio'' (2001 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro and

; music by

). * ''Personalità empirica'' (2001 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro and

; music by

). * ''Il cammino interminabile'' (2001 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro; music by

). * ''Lontananze d'azzurro'' (2001 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro and

; music by

). * ''Sarcofagia'' (2001 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro; music by

). * ''Scherzo in minore'' (2001 – lyrics by

and Manlio Sgalambro; music by

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and

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). * ''Il potere del canto'' (2001 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro; music by

). * ''Invasione di campo'' (2001 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro; music by Luca Nuzzolo). * ''Come un sigillo'' (2002 – lyrics by

and Manlio Sgalambro; music by

). * ''Tra sesso e castità'' (2004 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro and

; music by

). * ''Le aquile non volano a stormi'' (2004 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro and

; music by Kinimori Yajima and

). * ''Ermeneutica'' (2004 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro and

; music by

). * ''Fortezza Bastiani'' (2004 – lyrics by

and Manlio Sgalambro; music by

). * ''Odore di polvere da sparo'' (2004 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro; music by

and

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). * ''Conforto alla vita'' (2004 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro; music by

). * ''23 coppie di cromosomi'' (2004 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro; music by

and

). * ''Apparenza e realtà'' (2004 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro and

; music by

and

). * ''La porta dello spavento supremo'' (2004 – lyrics by

and Manlio Sgalambro; music by

). * ''Il vuoto'' (2007 – lyrics by

and Manlio Sgalambro; music by

). * ''I giorni della monotonia'' (2007 – lyrics by

and Manlio Sgalambro; music by

). * ''Aspettando l'estate'' (2007 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro; music by

). * ''Niente è come sembra'' (2007 – lyrics by

and Manlio Sgalambro; music by

). * ''Tiepido aprile'' (2007 – lyrics by

and Manlio Sgalambro; music by

). * ''The game is over'' (2007 – lyrics by

and Manlio Sgalambro; music by

). * ''Io chi sono'' (2007 – lyrics by

and Manlio Sgalambro; music by

). * ''Stati di gioia'' (2007 – lyrics by

and Manlio Sgalambro; music by

). * ''Il movimento del dare'' (2008 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro and

; music by

). * ''Tutto l'universo obbedisce all'amore'' (2008 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro; music by

). * ''Tibet'' (2008 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro and

; music by

). * ''Marie ti amiamo'' (2009 – lyrics by

and Manlio Sgalambro; music by

and

). * ''Inneres Auge'' (2009 – lyrics by

and Manlio Sgalambro; music by

). * '' 'U cuntu'' (2009 – lyrics by

and Manlio Sgalambro; music by

). * ''Non conosco nessun Patrizio'' (2010 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro; music by

and Juri Camisasca).

Cinema

Movies

, ''Perduto amor'' (L'ottava & Sidecar, 2003 – ). *

, ''Musikanten'' (L'ottava & RAI cinema, 2005 – ). *

, ''Niente è come sembra'' (Bompiani & L'ottava, 2007 – ).

Documentaries

* Daniele Consoli, ''La verità sul caso del signor Ciprì e Maresco'' (Zelig, 2004). * Guido Cionini, ''Manlio Sgalambro: il consolatore'' (Nexmedia, 2006). *

, ''Auguri don Gesualdo'' (Bompiani & Kasba comunicazioni, 2010 – ).

Videos

, ''L'ombrello e la macchina da cucire'' (1995). *

, ''Di passaggio'' (1996). *

, ''Strani giorni'' (1996). *

, ''Shock in my town'' (1998). *

, ''Running against the grain'' (2001). *

, ''Bist du bei mir'' (2001). *

, ''Ermeneutica'' (2004). *

, ''La porta dello spavento supremo'' (2004). *

, ''Il vuoto'' (2007). *

, ''Inneres Auge'' (2009).

Theater

* Manlio Sgalambro &

, ''Il cavaliere dell'intelletto: opera in due atti per l'ottocentenario della nascita di Federico II di Svevia'' (1994). * Manlio Sgalambro &

, ''Socrate impazzito'' (1995). * Manlio Sgalambro &

, ''Gli Schopenhauer'' (1998). *

Igor Stravinsky Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (6 April 1971) was a Russian composer, pianist and conductor, later of French (from 1934) and American (from 1945) citizenship. He is widely considered one of the most important and influential composers of the ...

, ''

L'histoire du soldat ' (''The Soldier's Tale'') is a theatrical work "to be read, played, and danced" () by three actors and one or several dancers, accompanied by a septet of instruments. Conceived by Igor Stravinsky and Swiss writer C. F. Ramuz, the piece was bas ...

'' (1999). *

, ''Campi magnetici: i numeri non si possono amare'' (2000). * Pippo Pollina, ''Ultimo volo: orazione civile per ustica'' (2007). * Manlio Sgalambro, Carlo Guarrera & Rosalba Bentivoglio, ''Frammenti per versi e voce'' (2009).

Television

, ''Bitte keine réclame'' (2004).

Curiosities

Music

* In ''Di passaggio'' (from ''L'imboscata'') he declaims in ancient Greek: * In ''Invito al viaggio'' (from ''Fleurs'') he declaims (in Italian): * In ''Corpi in movimento'' (from ''Campi magnetici'') he declaims (in Italian): Since 1996 he participates in almost every

's tours: * In '97 he declaims in Latin on Battiato's song ''Areknames'' (from ''Pollution''), renamed for the occasion ''Canzone chimica'': * In 2002 he sings a new version – with lyrics adapted philosophically – of ''Accetta il consiglio'' (taken from '' The big Kahuna''), published the next year in live album ''Last summer dance''.

Cinema

* In ''Perduto amor'' he acts Martino Alliata, philosophy teacher of the leading character (Corrado Fortuna). * In ''Musikanten'' he acts a noble man from Siena.

Theater

* In ''

'' and in ''Campi magnetici'' he is the narrator.

References

External links

Manlio Sgalambro's official web site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sgalambro, Manlio 1924 births 2014 deaths People from Lentini Italian male poets 20th-century Italian philosophers 21st-century Italian philosophers Aphorists 20th-century Italian poets 20th-century Italian male writers