Pasquale Panella (born 12 January 1950) is an Italian lyricist, playwright, poet and novelist. He sometimes used the pen names Duchesca and Vanera.

Life and career

Panella was born in

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. After graduating from the

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, he started his career as author and sometimes also actor of avant-garde theatre. In 1976, he began collaborating as a lyricist with

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, notably writing the lyrics of "Barbara", which placed second at the 29th edition of the

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.Ernesto Bassignano; Lalla Cantore. "Panella, Pasquale". Gino Castaldo (edited by). ''Dizionario della canzone italiana''. Curcio Editore, 1990. In 1983, Panella was commissioned by

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the lyrics of the Battisti-produced

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's album ''Oh! Era Ora''; starting from the 1986 album ''

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'', he then became the lyricist of the Battisti's following albums. In the second half of the 1980s, he also started a successful and sometimes uncredited collaboration with

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. His collaborations also include

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, Mina,

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.Ernesto Bassignano; Lalla Cantore. "Panella, Pasquale". Gino Castaldo (edited by). ''Dizionario della canzone italiana''. Curcio Editore, 1990. Also active as novelist and poet, he collaborated with

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writing the lyrics of the Italian versions of the stage musicals ''

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'' and ''

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''. His surreal and sometimes hermetic writing style has been variously described as

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, avant-garde and

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.Ernesto Bassignano; Lalla Cantore. "Panella, Pasquale". Gino Castaldo (edited by). ''Dizionario della canzone italiana''. Curcio Editore, 1990.

Literary works

;Novels * ''La corazzata'' (1997) * ''Oggetto d'amore'' (1998) ;Collections of poems * ''Savarin – Sade'' (2005) * ''TG2 mistrà – 88 lanci poetici'' (2005) * ''Poema bianco'' (2008) * "La piazza, vie di entrata e vie di uscita" in ''Piazze in piazza'' (2016), edited by Giampiero Castellotti

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Panella, Pasquale 1950 births Living people Writers from Rome Italian lyricists Italian male poets Italian male novelists Italian dramatists and playwrights