Franco Lucentini

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Franco Lucentini (born December 24, 1920 in Rome , † August 5, 2002 in Turin ) was an Italian writer, translator (among others by Alain Robbe-Grillet ) and publicist.

Together with Carlo Fruttero he formed the author duo Fruttero & Lucentini , also known as "The Company". The two had met in Paris in the early 1950s, where Lucentini had moved as an opponent of Italian fascism after the end of his imprisonment. He worked there as a translator, Fruttero as an editor. In 1972 they published their first jointly written novel, Die Sonntagsfrau , which was followed by numerous other crime and social novels that have been translated into many languages.

For his life's work, Lucentini received the Premio Campiello in Venice in 2000 . Together they received the Ennio Flaiano Prize in 1989 and the Hemingway Prize in 1990.

At the age of 81, Lucentini, who had lung cancer, died in a fall from the stairs of his house in Turin. It is believed that the fall was suicidal.

Works

Lucentini alone

  • Notes degli scavi (1947/1950/1964, publ. 1973 by Mondadori ); German The unknown companion . Three stories. With an afterword by Carlo Fruttero, trans. v. Dora Winkler ( Piper , 2004)


Fruttero & Lucentini

  • La donna della domenica (Mondadori, 1972); dt. The Sunday woman , trans. v. Herbert Schlueter (Piper, 1974)
  • Il significato dell'esistenza (Mondadori, 1975); dt. The enigmatic meaning of life: a philosophical novel , trans. v. Dora Winkler (Piper, 1995)
  • A che punto è la notte (Mondadori, 1979); dt. How far is the night , over. v. Herbert Schlueter u. Inez De Florio-Hansen (Piper, 1981)
  • Il palio delle contrade morte (Mondadori, 1983); dt. The Palio of the dead rider , trans. v. Burkhart Kroeber (Piper, 1986)
  • L'amante senza fissa dimora (Mondadori, 1986); dt. The lover without a permanent residence , trans. v. Dora Winkler (Piper, 1988)
  • Il color del destino (Mondadori, 1987); dt. The color of fate , trans. v. Burkhart Kroeber (Piper, 1991)
  • La verità sul caso D. (with Charles Dickens , Einaudi, 1989); dt. The truth about the case D. , trans. v. Burkhart Kroeber (Piper, 1991)
  • Enigma in luogo di mare (Mondadori, 1991); dt. The secret of the Pineta , trans. v. Burkhart Kroeber (Piper, 1993)
  • Breve storia delle vacanze (La Stampa, Turin 1993); German small holiday breviary , trans. v. Burkhart Kroeber (Piper 1994)


More works by Fruttero & Lucentini:

  • Il Libro dei nomi di battesimo: la giusta guida al nome giusto (Mondadori, 1969)
  • L'idraulico non verrà (poems, Mario Spagnol Editore, 1971)
  • L'Italia sotto il tallone di F. & L. (Satirical novel, Mondadori, 1974)
  • La cosa in sé. Rappresentazione in due Atti e una Licenza (Drama, Einaudi , 1982)
  • La prevalenza del cretino (Mondadori, 1985); German in selection: A cheer for stupidity: portraits, pamphlets, parodies , trans. v. Pieke Biermann (Piper, 1992)
  • La manutenzione del sorriso (Mondadori, 1988); German: as before
  • Il ritorno del cretino (Mondadori, 1992)
  • Incipit: 757 inizi facili e meno facili. Un libro di quiz e di lettura (Mondadori, 1993)
  • Il cretino in sintesi (Mondadori, 2002)
  • I Nottambuli (Avagliano, 2002)

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personal data
SURNAME Lucentini, Franco
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian translator, journalist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH December 24, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Rome
DATE OF DEATH August 5, 2002
Place of death Turin