Ima Agustoni

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Ima Agustoni , real name Amelia Agustoni-Troni (born November 10, 1935 in Chiavenna ; † March 22, 2017 in Vienna ), was an Italian actress , presenter and author .

She became known as the moderator and author of the Italian language course Avanti! Avanti! , which was produced by BR in 1978 and was broadcast on the third television programs of ARD . For this she received the Adolf Grimme Prize with bronze on March 22, 1985 together with Horst G. Weise and Rüdiger Graf . She also writes Italian textbooks. She also starred in crime series such as Eichberger's special cases , Derrick and Police Inspectorate 1 . In 1965 she was one of the first to develop an Italian course for German television with the series “Benvenuti in Italia”. This was followed by the children's books "Ciao Amici" in 1969 and "Holiday diary of Alexander, Karoline & Co." in 1972.

Life

In the sixties she came to Munich and met the SZ editor Horst Uhlmann. She married him in 1965. The marriage was short-lived, but the friendship between the two lasted until Horst Uhlmann's death. In 1970 Ima married Umberto Troni, actor and long-time assistant to Giorgio Strehler at the Piccolo Teatro di Milano. He played several roles on her broadcasts. Ima lived with Umberto in Milan, Munich and Venice. Her most intimate friends included Vittorio Basaglia, Luigi Nono , Cesare Demichelis and Anselm Bilgri . Both worked as city guides in Venice. Among other things, Ima led the German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder through the lagoon city.

Since 2011, Ima has lived mainly in the Austrian capital. She has had a long-standing fascination with Vienna since her successful protest against the Brenner Base Tunnel together with the then Federal Chancellor Bruno Kreisky .

Works

Books
  • Benvenuti in Italia: Welcome to Italy. Italian television course for beginners Langenscheidt 1965 (with Sven Undritz)
  • Ciao amici - A fun Italian course for kids . Langenscheidt, Berlin, Munich, Zurich 1969
  • Holiday diary of Alexander, Caroline & Co . Schwann Verlag, Düsseldorf 1972
  • Italian crash course . Juncker, Munich 2003 (media combination)
Contributions
  • Venice and the Venizians in: Venice, Volume 1 Introduction to history and culture, travel u. Traffic; Munich, 1989, ISBN 3-575-21005-5
Sound carrier
  • Parlate italiano . Langenscheidt
  • Large Italian language course , Berlitz, 2005, ISBN 3-468-73012-8

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary notice. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . April 8, 2017. Retrieved April 14, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Avanti! Avanti! Italian with Ima Agustoni
  3. ↑ Grimme Prize 1985 ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.grimme-institut.de
  4. ↑ [1]
  5. ↑ [2]
personal data
SURNAME Agustoni, Ima
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Agustoni-Troni, Amelia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian actress, presenter and author
DATE OF BIRTH November 10, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Chiavenna
DATE OF DEATH 22nd March 2017
Place of death Vienna