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Gianni Padoan at Sperlonga (1969)

Giovanni Battista Padoan, known as Gianni Padoan (Velletri, May 28, 1927 - Lecco, April 5, 1995), was an Italian writer and ethologist.

Biography

Padoan published more than one hundred novels translated into dozens of languages, including English, French, German, Spanish, Dutch, Hungarian and Japanese. In 1980 he received the "Golden Book" award for writers who sell one million copies. Among the other prizes, he was awarded with three Bancarellini and two Castello Awards. His novel Tottoi was adapted into the omonymous successful cartoon in Japan. Padoan oversaw the Italian literary adaptation of the episodes of the cult English television series Spazio 1999. The UNESCO named him among the top ten children's writers in the world.[1]

Gianni Padoan, who wrote and hosted numerous radio programs and dramas for RAI, in his early days collaborated with various newspapers and magazines specializing in history, including Illustrated History and Historia.

He lived for years in tents and caravans, in Greece and in the Abruzzo National Park, where he studied the behavior of wolves. On his biography, on the back cover of one of his latest books, he wrote:

He does not boast of roots and does his utmost not to put any. He has achieved his ideals of life by erasing from his existential reality even 'the house' and all that the 'four walls' involve.

He died in Lecco at the age of sixty-seven: he was the father of the writer Daniela Padoan, with whom he wrote some of the latest books.

Works

  • Robinson dello spazio, AMZ Editrice 1969 (Premio Bancarellino 1970)
  • Glory glory, alleluja...!, AMZ 1969
  • Insieme alla scoperta di civiltà sepolte, Capitol 1969
  • La V B al palazzo di giustizia, Capitol 1969
  • Un elmetto coperto di fango, AMZ 1970
  • I capelloni di Emmaus, AMZ 1970
  • Atomi in cantina, AMZ 1971
  • Il serpente d'argento, Capitol 1971
  • L'inferno di bambù, AMZ 1971
  • Uomini e jet, Capitol 1971
  • Le ombre della città, Fabbri 1972
  • ONU Assemblea Straordinaria, Fabbri 1972
  • Petting, AMZ 1972
  • Scoop!, Fabbri 1972
  • Concerto di libertà, Fabbri 1972
  • La banda di Colin, Fabbri 1973
  • Il principe dei pistoleri (using the pseudonym Bruce Meredith), AMZ 1973
  • Il fantasma del Monte Che-barba, AMZ 1973
  • Robinson degli oceani, AMZ 1973
  • Il Che di Assisi, AMZ 1974
  • I figli di Mao, AMZ 1975
  • Buffalo Bill (using the pseudonym Harvey Clegg), AMZ 1976
  • I pionieri del cosmo, AMZ 1976
  • Spazio 1999 Il distacco - I naufraghi dello spazio I pirati delle galassie - Verso il Tremila - I giustizieri del cosmo Al di là del tempo L'ultimo tramonto - Gli eredi del passato - Guerra nel cosmo - I giorni del terrore - Gli esploratori dell'eternità - La grande dominatrice - Gli alieni dai mille volti - Gli stregoni del cosmo - Il ritorno degli ibernati - Rapimento nello spazio, AMZ 1976
  • Contrabbandieri a dritta, Capitol 1975
  • I misteri della stella nera, Mondadori 1978
  • I pirati della galassia, Mondadori 1978
  • Le tigri di Moonpracer, Mondadori 1979
  • La carica delle patate, AMZ 1979 (Premio Bancarellino 1979)
  • Tottoi, Bompiani 1980
  • Alla conquista di Rigel, Mondadori 1980
  • Il branco della rosa canina, Mondadori 1982 (Premio Bancarellino 1983)
  • Halki e Diki, due cani di purissima razza bastarda, Rusconi 1984
  • L'uomo che riscoprì l'America, 1986
  • La corona senza foglie, AMZ 1986
  • Morgan il gatto, Editrice Piccoli 1986
  • Amici di zampa e di penna, Thema Editore 1989
  • Tredici anni, Salani 1989
  • Il sangue e l'inchiostro, Thema Editore 1990
  • Ritorno a via Paal, De Agostini 1992
  • Libro e moschetto, Sansoni 1995
  • Tottoi e i cavallini della giara, Giunti 1995
  • Un caso giudiziario, Le Monnier 1995
  • Tottoi e i delfini (with Daniela Padoan), Giunti 1996

References

  1. ^ Gianni Padoan (1982). Note biografiche a Le Tigri di Moonpracer (in Italian). Mondadori. pp. 5–6.