Andrea De Carlo

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Andrea De Carlo (2007)

Andrea De Carlo (born December 11, 1952 in Milan ) is an Italian writer .

Life

Andrea De Carlo lived for a long time in the USA and Australia after studying literature. His first great success was the 1981 novel Creamtrain ( Treno di panna ). In Italy he quickly became a bestselling author . De Carlo worked as a photographer and rock musician, later as assistant to Federico Fellini , before becoming a writer. He has written numerous novels that have sold more than five million copies worldwide and have been translated into twenty-one languages. De Carlo is actively involved in the Greenpeace campaign “Scrittori per le foreste” (writers for the tropical forests). He lives in Rome , Milan and in the countryside near Urbino .

De Carlo was also active as a painter and filmmaker; his 1988 self-directed Treno di panna based on his own script based on his novel. In 1983 he had worked as an assistant director for Federico Fellini .

Works

  • Treno di panna (Einaudi, Turin 1981); German Creamtrain , trans. v. Burkhart Kroeber ( Diogenes , Zurich 1985)
  • Uccelli da gabbia e da voliera (Einaudi, Turin 1982); German birds in cages and aviaries , trans. v. Burkhart Kroeber (Diogenes, Zurich 1984)
  • Macno (Bompiani, Milan 1984); German Macno , trans. v. Renate Heimbucher (Diogenes, 1987)
  • Yucatan (Bompiani, 1986); German Yucatan , transl. v. Jürgen Bauer (Diogenes, 1988)
  • Due di due (Mondadori, Milan 1989); German two of two , trans. v. Renate Heimbucher (Diogenes, 1991)
  • Tecniche di seduzione (Bompiani, 1991); German techniques of seduction , trans. v. Renate Heimbucher (Diogenes, 1993)
  • Arcodamore (Bompiani, 1993); German Arcodamore , trans. v. Renate Heimbucher, (Diogenes, 1995)
  • Uto (Bompiani, 1995); German Uto , transl. v. Renate Heimbucher (Diogenes, 1996); New edition under the title Guru (Bompiani, 1996, Diogenes, 1998)
  • Di noi tre (Mondadori, 1997); dt. We three , trans. v. Renate Heimbucher (Diogenes, 1999)
  • Nel momento (Mondadori, 1999); dt. The mood of a moment , trans. v. Renate Heimbucher (Piper, Munich 2001)
  • Pura Vita (Mondadori, 2001); dt. Pura Vita - The real life , trans. v. Renate Heimbucher (Piper, Munich 2002)
  • I veri nomi (Mondadori, 2002); dt. The really big number , trans. v. Monika Lustig (Piper, 2004)
  • Giro di vento (Mondadori, 2004); dt. When the wind turns , over. v. Monika Lustig (Diogenes, Zurich 2007)
  • Mare delle verità (Mondadori, 2006); dt. The sea of ​​truth , trans. v. Maja Pflug (Diogenes, Zurich 2008)
  • Durante (Bompiani, 2008); dt. When Durante came , trans. v. Maja Pflug (Diogenes, Zurich 2010)
  • Leielui (Bompiani, 2010); dt. you and he , trans. v. Maja Pflug (Diogenes, Zurich 2012)
  • Villa Metaphora (Bompiani, 2012); German Villa Metaphora , transl. v. Maja Pflug (Diogenes, Zurich 2015)
  • Cuore primitivo (Bompiani, 2014); dt. The wild heart , trans. v. Maja Pflug u. Petra Kaiser (Diogenes, Zurich 2019)
  • L'imperfetta meraviglia (Giunti, 2016); dt. An almost perfect miracle , trans. v. Maja Pflug (Diogenes, Zurich 2017)

Web links

Commons : Andrea De Carlo  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano , I registi, Gremese 2002, p. 136
personal data
SURNAME De Carlo, Andrea
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian writer
DATE OF BIRTH December 11, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Milan