Antonio Tabucchi

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Antonio Tabucchi (2008)

Antonio Tabucchi (born September 24, 1943 in Vecchiano near Pisa , † March 25, 2012 in Lisbon ) was an Italian writer , literary scholar and translator .

Career

Tabucchi studied humanities in Paris and Pisa. At the University of Genoa he became a professor of the Portuguese language and literature. Antonio Tabucchi lived in Tuscany and Portugal .

His work explains Pereira ( Sostiene Pereira , 1994), which takes place during the Salazar dictatorship, made him famous and is still considered to be his most important work today. It was filmed in 1995 by Roberto Faenza with Marcello Mastroianni in the lead role.

The characters' world of memory and the existential search that moves them play a prominent role in Antonio Tabucchi's work. In his books, the relationship between fiction and reality and (though not always directly) between the reader and the writer is called into question. Antonio Tabucchi was a committed intellectual who often took a stand in a European and international context and stood up for human rights. He saw his task in making his readers doubt, that is, to make them think.

In his stories there are numerous allusions and quotations that refer to famous literary and philosophical models, but especially to works of art. Paintings, photos, sculptures, films, and sometimes even songs accompany the reader through the stories.

Tabucchi commented on and edited the Italian translation of the work of the Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa . He wrote one of his books, the Lisbon Requiem , in Portuguese (he had it translated into Italian so that he would not be tempted to change the text).

Awards

Works

All German translations by Karin Fleischanderl :

Film adaptations

radio play

Web links

Commons : Antonio Tabucchi  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://www.buchnews.com/autoren/der-italienische-schriftsteller-antonio-tabucchi-ist-tot-er-starb-am-sonntag-den-25-marz-in-lissabon/4674
  2. ^ "Writer Antonio Tabucchi is dead" on Spiegel.de
personal data
SURNAME Tabucchi, Antonio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian writer, literary scholar and translator
DATE OF BIRTH September 24, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Vecchiano near Pisa
DATE OF DEATH March 25, 2012
Place of death Lisbon