Luciano De Crescenzo
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Born | Naples, Italy | 18 August 1928
Occupation | writer, film actor, director |
Luciano De Crescenzo (Italian pronunciation: [luˈtʃano de kreʃˈʃɛntso]; born 18 August 1928) is an Italian writer, film actor, director and engineer.[1]
Biography
Born in Naples, he graduated in engineering and worked for IBM Italy until 1976, when he published the bestseller Così parlò Bellavista (Thus spake Bellavista), a collection of facts and anecdotes about his city which sold 600,000 copies in Italy and was translated into numerous languages. In 1980 he debuted as actor in Il pap'occhio, under the direction of his friend Renzo Arbore, together with Roberto Benigni.[2]
In 1984 he directed the successful movie adaptation of Così parlò Bellavista (in which he also played the protagonist), followed by Il mistero di Bellavista in 1985. In 1995 he wrote and directed Croce e delizia, featuring Teo Teocoli and Isabella Rossellini.
In the meantime he published a long series of books, including novels and popularizations of philosophy. For his work in the field of Greek philosophy he received honorary citizenship of Athens in 1994.
- Così parlò Bellavista (1977)
- Raffaele (1978)
- La Napoli di Bellavista (1979)
- Zio Cardellino (1981)
- Storia della filosofia greca. I presocratici (1983)
- Oi dialogoi (1985)
- Storia della filosofia greca. Da Socrate in poi (1986) - The History of Greek Philosophy: Socrates and Beyond
- Vita di Luciano De Crescenzo scritta da lui medesimo (1989)
- Elena, Elena, amore mio (1991)
- Il dubbio (1992)
- Croce e delizia (1993)
- Socrate (1993)
- I miti degli dei (1993)
- Panta rei (1994)
- Ordine e disordine (1996)
- Nessuno (1997)
- Sembra ieri (1997)
- Il tempo e la felicità (1998)
- Le donne sono diverse (1999)
- La distrazione (2000)
- Tale e quale (2001)
- Storia della filosofia medioevale (2002)
- Storia della filosofia moderna. Da Niccolò Cusano a Galileo Galilei (2003)
- Storia della filosofia moderna. Da Cartesio a Kant (2004)
- I pensieri di Bellavista (2005)
- Il pressappoco (2007)
- Il caffe sospeso. Saggezza quotidiana in piccoli sorsi (2008)
- Ulisse era un Fico (2010)
Bibliography
- Tutti santi me compreso, Milano, A. Mondadori, 2011.
- Fosse 'a Madonna!, Milano, A. Mondadori, 2012.
- Garibaldi era comunista, Milano, A. Mondadori, 2013.
- Gesù è nato a Napoli, Milano, A. Mondadori, 2013.
- Ti porterà fortuna. Guida insolita di Napoli, Milano, A. Mondadori, 2014.
Filmography (director)
- Così parlò Bellavista (1984)
- Il mistero di Bellavista (1985)
- 32 dicembre (1987)
- Croce e delizia (1995)
External links
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References
- Use dmy dates from June 2013
- Articles sourced by IMDb from December 2007
- 1928 births
- Living people
- People from Naples
- 20th-century Italian novelists
- 20th-century male writers
- 21st-century Italian novelists
- Italian male writers
- Italian film directors
- Italian male actors
- Italian television personalities
- Italian engineers
- Bancarella Prize winners
- David di Donatello winners
- Nastro d'Argento winners
- Italian male novelists
- Male actors from Naples
- 21st-century male writers