Manlio Sgalambro

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Manlio Sgalambro

Manlio Sgalambro (born December 9, 1924 in Lentini , † March 6, 2014 in Catania ) was an Italian philosopher and writer .

Sgalambro was a philosophical writer who became known to a wide audience primarily through his work La morte del sole (1982, German translation Vom Tod der Sonne , 1988). He lived as a freelance writer in Catania .

Since 1994 Sgalambro had also written numerous texts for the singer-songwriter Franco Battiato .

Works (selection)

  • La morte del sole. 2nd Edition. Adelphi, Milano 1996, ISBN 88-459-1203-5 .
    • From the death of the sun. German translation by Dora Winkler. Edition Akzente, Hanser, Munich 1988, ISBN 3-446-13955-9 .
  • Trattato dell'empietà. 2nd Edition. Adelphi, Milano 2005, ISBN 88-459-1977-3 .
  • Trattato dell'età: una lezione di metafisica. Adelphi, Milano 1999, ISBN 88-459-1490-9 .
  • Opus postumissimum: frammento di un poema. Giubbe Rosse, Firenze 2002 (Il caffè letterario 9).
  • De mundo pessimo. Adelphi, Milano 2004, ISBN 88-459-1880-7 .
  • La conoscenza del peggio. Adelphi, Milano 2007, ISBN 978-88-459-2148-3 .

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ corriere.it: È morto Manlio Sgalambro, il filosofo di Battiato
personal data
SURNAME Sgalambro, Manlio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian philosopher and writer
DATE OF BIRTH December 9, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Lentini
DATE OF DEATH March 6, 2014
Place of death Catania