Andrea De Carlo
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Andrea De Carlo (born in December 11, 1952 in Milan) is a popular Italian writer.
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[edit] Biography
Andrea De Carlo grew up in Milan, but didn't like it. His "hatred" for the capital of Lombardy would come to be detailed in his novels. He attended the liceo classico Giovanni Berchet (which appears in the initial chapters of Due di Due); then he graduated with a degree in contemporary history. He worked for a time as a photographer.
He traveled widely in the United States, living first in Boston, then New York City and Santa Barbara, where he taught Italian. Then he moved on to Australia (also as described in Due di Due), staying in Sydney and Melbourne. In this period, he wrote two novels intended as "exercises of style" and not bound for publication.
He settled in Italy, this time moving to the countryside, to the area outside Urbino. In 1981 the Einaudi publishing house published, at last, his first published novel, Treno di Panna, which he had already written in English under the title "Cream Train". Italo Calvino wrote an introduction. A movie adapted from the book would later be produced.
His second novel, Uccelli da gabbia e da voliera (lit. "Birds in Cages and Aviaries"), which was issued in the spring of 1982, was praised by Federico Fellini. De Carlo repaid the compliment with the short film Le facce di Fellini ("The Faces of Fellini").
His best-known novel is Due di Due, a partly autobiographical story of friendship: De Carlo's role is divided between the contrasting personalities of the anarchic Guido Laremi -- who hates Milan and travels between the United States and Australia -- and the more subdued Mario, who goes to live in the countryside outside Gubbio.
[edit] Bibliography
- Treno di panna (1981) introduction by Italo Calvino
- Uccelli da gabbia e da voliera (1982)
- Macno (1984)
- Yucatan (1986)
- Due di due (1989)
- Tecniche di seduzione (1991)
- Arcodamore (1993)
- Uto (1995)
- Di noi tre (1997)
- Nel momento (1999)
- Pura vita (2001)
- I veri nomi (2002)
- Giro di vento (2004)
- Mare delle verità (2006)
His books are published by Bompiani, Einaudi and Mondadori, and have been published in translation in 21 different countries.
[edit] Discography
He has composed music to be listened to while reading his books.
He wrote and staged, together with musician Ludovico Einaudi, the dance production Time Out with the American troupe ISO, and Salgari with Daniel Ezralow and the ballet company of the Arena di Verona.
He composed and performed music for the album Alcuni nomi, the soundtrack for the film Uomini & donne, amori & bugie, and the album Dentro Giro di Vento.
[edit] Cinematography
- Assistant to director Federico Fellini for the film E la nave va
- Co-screenwriter with Michelangelo Antonioni (the film has not been produced)
- Director of the documentary Le facce di Fellini, and the film adaptation of Treno di panna.
