Aldo Buzzi
Aldo Buzzi (born August 10, 1910 in Como , † October 9, 2009 in Milan ) was an Italian author and screenwriter .
Life
Buzzi graduated from the architecture school in Milan in 1938; however, he quickly turned to authorship; In addition to contributions to his main job, he initially mainly dealt with travel and gastronomy . From 1943 he worked as a scene and screenwriter as well as a screenwriter for numerous films; he worked with director Alberto Lattuada for twenty years. In 1955, together with Federico Patellani, he made his only film as a director, the documentary America pagana .
In the 1960s, Buzzi worked primarily as an author for numerous magazines and as a publisher and editor. Various publications appeared from then on under his name. In 2002 he received the Arturo Loria Prize for his stories .
Filmography (selection)
- 1943: Giacomo l'idealista (screenplay)
- 1955: America pagana (co-director, documentary)
- 1961: La steppa (artistic collaboration)
bibliography
- 1944: Taccuino dell'aiuto-regista (Hoepli, 1944)
- 1972: Quando la pantera rugge (All'insegna del Pesce d'Oro)
- 1974: Piccolo diario americano (All'insegna del Pesce d'Oro)
- 1979: L'uovo alla kok (Adelphi, 1979)
- 1984: Andata & ritorno (All'insegna del Pesce d'Oro)
- 1987: Viaggio in Terra delle mosche e altri viaggi (Scheiwiller)
- 1991: Cechov a Sondrio. Appunti sulla Russia (Scheiwiller); German 2006: Chekhov and Sondrio
- 1994: Cechov a Sondrio e altri viaggi (Mondadori)
- 1995: Stecchini da denti. Appunti di vita, di gastronomia, di viaggio (Mondadori)
- 2000: La lattuga di Boston. Diario di un attimo (Ponte alle Grazie)
- 2001: Riflessi e ombre, con Saul Steinberg (Adelphi)
- 2002: Lettere a Aldo Buzzi 1945-1999, (Ed .: Saul Steinberg (Adelphi))
- 2006: Un debole per quasi tutto (Ponte alle Grazie)
- 2006: Parliamo d'altro (Ponte alle Grazie)
- 2006: You take as you have it: From kitchens and cooks, connoisseurs and commoners (Epoca)
Web links
- Aldo Buzzi in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Obituary (Italian)
Individual evidence
- ^ Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano, I Registi, Gremese 2002, p. 78
- ↑ http://www.ponteallegrazie.it/scheda-autore.asp?editore=Ponte%20alle%20Grazie&idautore=2715
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Buzzi, Aldo |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian writer and screenwriter |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 10, 1910 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Como |
DATE OF DEATH | October 9, 2009 |
Place of death | Milan |