Upon exit about ten books by and on Camilleri, meetings, concerts, prizes, conferences, shows with the personality and work of the great Sicilian writer at the center now entered the legend of Italian literature and publishing – with 30 million copies sold of his books, translated into almost 40 languages - and in the history of television (not only Italian) thanks to the transposition of his commissioner Montalbano in the two series repeatedly enormous success of the public also in the replicas. Andrea Camilleri’s birthday is approaching which will fall on September 6 and on the occasion of the 100 years that he would have, the initiatives throughout Italy multiply. THE
The Andrea Camilleri Fund, chaired by his daughter Andreina, and the Camilleri 100s Committee 100, chaired by Felice Laudadio, have put several initiatives in the pipeline that will take place in September and October, with the support of Siae, main sponsor, and Rai, main partner.
ROME – Saturday 6 September at 9 pm the Casa del Cinema will present Ettore Ettore the now legendary in its outdoor theater, the last theatrical show written and played by Camilleri, conversation on Tiresia, staged solely at the Greek theater in Syracuse on 11 June 2018, edited by Valentina Alferj for the theatrical director of Roberto Andò and the television director of Stefano Vicario with live music composed and performed by the Flutian. Before the projection of the show, taken up in high definition by the Palomar of Carlo Degli Esposti, a backstage made during the tests that will be introduced by Andò, of the complaints and Fabbricians will be presented.
Taormina – Friday 5 and Saturday 6, the Taormina Arte Sicilia Foundation will organize two large evenings dedicated to Camilleri, promoted by the Sicilian region, curated by Gianna Fratta and Felice Laudadio and placed in the magnificent scenario of the ancient theater.
ROME – It will then be up to the Auditorium Parco della Musica Ennio Morricone to host on Sunday 14 at 18 – in collaboration with the Music for Rome Foundation – another important appointment entitled “Andrea Camilleri, the birth of a legend. From the first poems to the first Montalbano », edited by Felice Laudadio and Ennio Coltorti and animated by 12 former students of Camilleri at the National Academy of Dramatic Art. This time to read the texts written by Camilleri in the Petrassi room will be Alessandra Acciai, Paolo Briguglia, Tosca D’Aquino, Fabrizio Gifuni, Sabina Guzzanti, Luigi Lo Cascio, Laura Marinoni, Massimo Peopolizio, Pino Quartullo, Galatea Ranzi, Alvia Reale, Sergio Rubini, with the Sicilian songwriter Eleonora Bordonaro.
ROME – On September 20, at 19:00 at the Teatro Quirino, the first edition of the Andrea Camilleri -Nuovi narrators called by the Fund Andrea Camilleri and curated by Arianna Mortelliti, writer and grandson of the writer will be held. The Quirino evening, conducted by Pino Strabioli. It is designed as a spectacular event.
ROME – On 8 and 9 October the Igea room of the Italian Encyclopedia Treccani will host the international conference “The Camilleri narrative” with the participation of some of the greatest scholars of the writer’s work. After the institutional greetings of Massimo Bray, Andreina Camilleri, Salvatore Nastasi and Marina Paino will happen to him will happen to Salvatore Silvano Nigro (who will hold the introductory report) and Ermanno Paccagnini, Giovanni Capecchi, Mauro Novelli, Raffaele Pittella, Nicola Lagioia, Luigi Matt, Beatrice Cristalli, Marina Castiglione, Monica Venturini, Elena Buoso, Giuliana Benvenuti, Ioannis. Tsolkas, Maria Chatzikyriakidou, Eric Haywood, Gianfranco Marrone, Antonio Sellerio, Giancarlo De Cataldo, Antonio Franchini and Felice Laudadio who will conclude the works. To moderate the four sessions of the conference will be Gaetano Savatteri, Elisabetta Mondello, Luca Crovi and the vice -president of Treccani Giovanni Puglisi.
BARI – The second appointment will take place on Sunday 12 October at the Piccinni Theater and Monday 13 October at the Petruzzelli Theater with the title “Welcome back to Bari, Dear Camilleri”.
ROME – The third great appointment from 22 October to 29 November when the Dante Alighieri company will celebrate 100 years from the birth of the writer with a great exhibition set up in the frame of Palazzo Firenze. With the title “scenes, voices, accents, scriptures: the infinite theater by Andrea Camilleri”. A tribute to its multifaceted creativity that arises from the collaboration between Giulio Ferroni, the culture organizational unit of Dante Alighieri, the Andrea Camilleri and Arthemisia fund. The visitor will be accompanied on a journey that touches all aspects of Camilleri’s artistic production, from his revolutionary writing to the unforgettable theatrical and television creations. Crossing the exhibition halls to discover above all how Camilleri has been able to merge personal memory and civil commitment. One of the focal points of the exhibition is undoubtedly the deepening of the relationship between the author and the Italian language. Its pages, rich in linguistic inventions that mix Sicilian and Italian, will be analyzed through interactive supports that reveal their musicality and originality. The Camilleri della Dante exhibition announces itself as one of the most anticipated cultural events of the year.