Loriano Macchiavelli

Portrait of Macchiavelli in 2008

Loriano Macchiavelli (born March 12, 1934 in Vergato , Province of Bologna ) is an author of crime novels , short stories and dramas , who also worked as an actor at the beginning of his career .

Life

Macchiavelli lives in Bologna , where many of his stories take place, and is considered one of the founders of the modern Italian crime novel. In 1974 he created the most popular character of the genre in Italy: Commissioner Antonio Sarti. Together with the authors Marcello Fois and Carlo Lucarelli , Macchiavelli founded the literary association "Gruppo 13".

Honors

In 2007 he was awarded the Premio Giorgio Scerbanenco for the best Italian detective novel of the year for the novel Tango e gli altri, which he wrote together with Francesco Guccini .

criticism

“The special thing ... is on the one hand the self-confident narrator, who constantly interferes with the action and comments on it. This is a rather rare literary phenomenon in detective novels - it provides a lot of fun and entertainment. On the other hand, Sarti Antonio is a wonderfully headstrong investigator, a simple man who always names his last name before his first name, is not always the fastest in his head, loves good espresso and suffers from intestinal inflammation. Not a hero, but one who walks upright through the streets of a big city - this novel is a wonderful portrait of Bologna and a subtle and subtle detective novel "

- Kathrin Fischer for hr1

Works (selection)

Sole authorship

Standalones

• Sui colli all'alba . Einaudi, Turin 2005, ISBN 88-06-16583-6 (EA Milan 1976).
• Sequenze di memoria, Einaudi, Turin 2007, ISBN 978-88-06-20202-6 (EA Milan 1976).
• Passato, presente e chissà . Einaudi, Turin 2007, ISBN 978-88-06-17797-3 (EA Milan 1978).
• L'archivista . Mondadori, Milan 1981.
• La strage dei centauri . Garzanti, Milan 1981.
• La balla delle scarpe di ferro . Diabasis, Reggio Emilia 2000, ISBN 88-8103-194-9 (EA Milan 1983).
• Un triangolo a quattro lati . Rizzoli, Milan 1992, ISBN 88-17-66107-4 .
• Partita con il ladro . Editrice Piccoli, Turin 1992, ISBN 88-261-7074-6 .
• Sospiri, lamenti e ali di pipistrello . Sonda, Turin 1992, ISBN 88-7106-162-4 .
• Coscienza sporca . Mondadori, Milan 1995, ISBN 88-04-39844-2 .
• Sgumbéi. Le porte della città nascosta . Mondadori, Milan 1998, ISBN 88-04-44306-5 .
• Delitti di gente qualunque . Mondadori, Milan 2009, ISBN 978-88-04-58444-5 .

Antonio Sarti cycle

• Le piste dell'attentato . Einaudi, Turin 2004, ISBN 88-06-16582-8 (EA Milan 1974).
• Fiori alla memoria . Einaudi, Turin 2001, ISBN 88-06-15753-1 (EA Milan 1975).
  • Deadly memory . Piper Verlag, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-492-27104-9 .
• Ombre sotto i portici . Einaudi, Turin 2003, ISBN 88-06-15754-X (EA Milan 1976).
  • The murderers of Sanleonardo . Piper Verlag, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-492-27130-1 .
• I sotteranei di Bologna . Mondadori, Milan 2003.
  • Under the walls of Bologna . Piper Verlag, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-492-24543-9
• Sarti Antonio. Un questurino, una città . Milan 1979.
• Sarti Antonio. Un diavolo per capello . Einaudi, Turin 2008, ISBN 978-88-06-19333-1 (EA Milan 1980).
• Sarti Antonio. Caccia tragica . Einaudi, Turin 2005, ISBN 88-06-19934-X (EA Milan 1981).
• Sarti Antonio e l'amico americano . Vallardi, Milan 1983.
• Stop by Sarti Antonio . Cappelli, Bologna 1987.
• Sarti Antonio e il malato immaginario . Flaccovio, Palermo 2006, ISBN 88-7758-690-7 (EA Bologna 1988).
• Sarti Antonio. Un poliziotto, una città . Rizzoli, Milan 1991, ISBN 88-17-66421-9 (short stories).
• Sarti Antonio e il diamante insanguinato . Sonda, Casale Monferrato 2005, ISBN 88-7106-420-8 (EA Milan 1994).
• Sarti Antonio e la ballata per chitarra e coltello . Sonda, Casale Monferrato 2005, ISBN 88-7106-419-4 (EA Milan 1994).
• Sarti Antonio e il mistero cinese . Sonda, Casale Monferrato 2005, ISBN 88-7106-422-4 (EA Milan 1994).
• Sarti. Antonio. La via dell'inferno . Mondadori, Milan 2007, ISBN 978-88-04-57213-8 (EA Milan 2001).
• Replay by Sarti Antonio . Mondadori, Milan 1996 (contains “Le piste dell'attentato”, “Fiori alla memoria”, “Ombre sotto i portici”).

Non-fiction

• La rosa e il suo doppio . Cappelli, Bologna 1987.
  • The truth of the rose. Umberto Eco , the film and the killer . Heyne-Verlag, Munich 1988, ISBN 3-453-02888-0 (translated by Mark Schönwasser).

Together with Francesco Guccini

Benedetto Santovino series

• Macaroni . Mondadori, Milan 1977, ISBN 88-04-41753-6 .
  • The lonely way . Goldmann, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-442-43987-6 .
• Disco dei Platters . Mondadori, Milan 1998, ISBN 88-04-45062-2 .
  • Death in the Apennines . Goldmann, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-442-24790-X .
• Questo sangue che impasta la terra . Mondadori, Milan 2001, ISBN 88-04-50272-X .
  • The devil's pit . Goldmann, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-442-45248-1 .
• Lo spirito a altri briganti . Mondadori, Milan 2002, ISBN 88-04-50272-X .
• Tango e gli altri . Mondadori, Milan 2007, ISBN 978-88-04-56128-6 .

literature

• Daniele Brolli: Italia odia. Dieci volti del noir italiano. Niccolò Ammaniti , Loriano Macchiavelli ... Mondadori, Milan 2001, ISBN 88-04-49073-X .
• Marie-Hélène Caspar: Trent'anni de giallo italiano. Omaggio a Loriano Macchiavelli e Antonio Perria (Narrativa; Vol. 26). University of Paris X, Nanterre 2004.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ www.hr-online.de ( Memento of the original from October 14, 2007 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. Loriano Macchiavelli: Fatal Remembrance (seen October 12, 2008) 
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Translated by Sylvia Höfer.
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Translated by Bruno Genzler.

Web links

• Literature by and about Loriano Macchiavelli in the catalog of the German National Library