Mario Fortunato (journalist)

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Mario Fortunato (born September 2, 1958 in Cirò , Crotone province in the Calabria region ) is an Italian journalist and writer .

Life

Fortunato studied philosophy in Rome. From 1983 he worked as a cultural journalist , first at Rai 3 and for various magazines. His first stories appeared in 1988 under the title Luoghi Naturali (Eng. City in penumbra , 1992), published by Einaudi .

He was a member of the Italian Film Commission and headed the Italian Cultural Institute in London from 2002 to 2004 . When Silvio Berlusconi wanted to depose him in 2002 because of his homosexuality , international protests began, including from Salman Rushdie , Umberto Eco , Bernardo Bertolucci and the Nobel Prize winners Doris Lessing and Harold Pinter . Fortunato was eventually confirmed in office.

From 2004 to March 2009 he headed the Fondazione Antonio Ratti Foundation in Como .

Fortunato worked as an editor for the publishers Einaudi and Edizione Nottetempo and wrote scripts. He regularly published cultural reviews in L'Espresso and La Stampa .

Many of his narrative and scientific texts have appeared in edited volumes, and his books have been translated into various languages. Fortunato was awarded the Premio Mondello e Super Mondello for his novel I giorni innocenti della guerra (Eng. Innocent Days in War , 2010) .

Fortunato lives in Rome and London .

Works

  • 2014: Le voci di Berlino . Bompiani, Milan.
  • 2013: L'Italia degli altri . Neri Pozza, Vicenza, Italy, ISBN 978-88-545-0602-2 .
  • 2012: Il viaggio a Paros . Bompiani, Milan.
  • 2011: Italian: Allegra street . Bompiani, Milan, ISBN 978-88-45201097 .
  • 2008: Quelli che ami non muoiono . Bompiani, Milan.
  • 2010: Innocent Days in War , translated by Marianne Schneider; Schöffling Verlag, Frankfurt am Main ISBN 978-3-89561-175-9 .
  • 2002: Love remains , translated by Moshe Kahn ; Wagenbach, Berlin ISBN 3-8031-3176-6 .
  • 2001: The discovery of love and books , translated by Moshe Kahn; Wagenbach, Berlin ISBN 3-8031-2395-X .
  • 2000: The art of becoming lighter , translated by Moshe Kahn; Goldmann, Munich ISBN 3-442-72535-6 .
  • 1995: Sangue, Roman , Magnus Medien Verlag, Berlin ISBN 3-928951-15-7 .
  • 1993: Pasaggi Paesaggi , Theoria 1993.
  • 1992: Stadt im Halbschatten , translated by Andreas Beyer and Eva Ludwig; Fischer, Frankfurt am Main ISBN 3-596-10788-1 .
  • 1990: Il primo cielo , Einaudi, Turin.
  • 1990: Immigrato , Theoria, Rome / Naples.
  • 1988: Luoghi Naturali , Einaudi, Turin.
  • 1986: La casa del corpo , Shakespeare and Company.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tagesspiegel: Wes bread I eat, the song sounds to me , May 26, 2003
  2. ^ Schöffling & Co. Publisher: Short biography
  3. ↑ a b wespennest.at: Short biography (PDF; 192 kB)
  4. ^ Homepage of the Fondazione Antonio Ratti
  5. ↑ Short biography and reviews of works by Mario Fortunato at perlentaucher.de
  6. ↑ Deutschlandradio: Love Remains , February 24, 2003
personal data
SURNAME Fortunato, Mario
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian journalist, editor and writer
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd September 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Cirò , Calabria