Giuseppe Fava
Giuseppe Fava , also known as Pippo (born September 15, 1925 in Palazzolo Acreide , Sicily , † January 5, 1984 in Catania , Sicily), was an Italian journalist , writer and playwright .
Life
1943 Fava moved to Catania and began law study. In 1947 he completed his studies and in 1952 he started working full-time as a journalist for the daily newspaper Espresso sera in Catania, where he stayed until 1978. He also wrote plays, novels, non-fiction and screenplays. On January 5, 1984, he was murdered by the Mafia in Catania in front of the theater he founded, in which his anti-Mafia play L'ultima violenza was performed.
In his work he dealt among other things with the topics of violence and the mafia.
Claudio Fava is the son of Giuseppe Fava.
Works
- Cronaca di un uomo , 1966 (play)
- La violenza , 1970 (play)
- Il proboviro , 1972 (play)
- Bello bellissimo , 1974 (play)
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Gente di rispetto , 1975
- German: Honorable people , novel, translated by Peter O. Chotjewitz , Beck u. Glückler, Freiburg 1990, ISBN 978-3-924175-65-8 ; also Unionsverlag, Zurich 1993, ISBN 978-3-293-20028-9
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Prima che vi uccidano , 1976
- German: Before they kill you , novel, translated by Peter O. Chotjewitz, Beck and Glückler, Freiburg 1992, ISBN 978-3-89470-401-8 ; also Unionsverlag, Zurich 1994, ISBN 978-3-293-20041-8
- Delirio , 1979 (play)
- Opera buffa , 1979 (play)
- Sinfonia d'amore , 1980 (play)
- Passione di Michele , 1980 (novel)
- Foemina ridens , 1982 (play)
- L'ultima violenza , 1983 (play)
Film adaptations
- script
- 1980: Palermo or Wolfsburg - Director: Werner Schroeter
- Literary template
- 1972: Violence - the fifth power in the state ( La violenza: quinto portere )
- 1975: Tool of the Mighty ( Gente di rispetto ), filmed by Luigi Zampa , actor a. a. James Mason
literature
- Francesco M. Biscione: FAVA, Giuseppe. In: Fiorella Bartoccini (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 45: Farinacci – Fedrigo. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1995.
Web links
- Literature by and about Giuseppe Fava in the catalog of the German National Library
- Giuseppe Fava in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Publisher's website about Giuseppe Fava
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Francesco M. Biscione (DBI)
- ^ Announcement of the Union publishing house in the blurb on Honorable People
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fava, Giuseppe |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fava, Pippo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian journalist, writer and playwright |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 15, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Palazzolo Acreide , Sicily |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th January 1984 |
| Place of death | Catania |