Danilo Pennone

Danilo Pennone (Rome, July 14, 1963) is an Italian writer.

Biography

An Arts graduate, Pennone teaches in Rome. His first published works, essays on Celtic mythology, date back to the eighties. In 2008, his first novel, Confessioni di una mente criminale (Confessions of a Criminal Mind), was published from which Alfredo Angelici adapted the theatrical production of the same name.

He has recorded two cds, sharing lyrics and musical credits with the Roman singer-songwriter Marco Turriziani. In 2007, a production of his musical comedy ‘Era l’estate dell’amore’ (That was the Summer of Love) was performed in Rome, directed by Greg, with Pennone as writer of both the script and music.

Since 2006, he has taught History of Cinema at the University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’.

Bibliography

Stories

• Diversivo coniugale, Storie, No 27/28, 1997

Novels

• Confessioni di una mente criminale, Newton & Compton, 2008 - ISBN 8854110213

Essays

• Il ritorno di Finn Mac Cool, Abstracta, No 41, 1989
• I druidi d’Irlanda, Abstracta, No 51, 1990
• Le fate irlandesi, Conservazione, No 13, 1990
• I Celti, miti e leggende, Stile Regina Editore, 1990
• La semiosi dello specchio e il suo uso simbolico nel cinema americano, Cimena, No 3, 2006
• Brian O'Nolan: uno scrittore tra eccentricità e sperimentazione, Avanguardia, No 34, 2007
• Il cibo e la fame nel cinema picaresco di Citti, Cimena, No 4, 2008
• Cinema spagnolo, Cineuropa. Storia del cinema europeo, 2009
• Cinema portoghese, Cineuropa. Storia del cinema europeo, 2009

See also

• Crime novel