Vincenzo Cerami

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Vincenzo Cerami (born November 2, 1940 in Rome ; † July 17, 2013 there ) was an Italian writer , dramaturge and screenwriter .

Life

Vincenzo Cerami was born in Rome in 1940 to Sicilian parents. In his youth he was a talented rugby player before a foot injury forced him to retire from his sports career. Because of a diphtheria illness and his shyness, he had to repeat his senior year at school. So that he could finally begin to speak, one of his teachers introduced him to the literature of Pier Paolo Pasolini and he discovered poetry and drama for himself. He then studied physics at La Sapienza University in Rome and worked as an assistant director for Pasolini's films during his studies.

After graduating, he began writing novels, screenplays, and plays. Cerami was not only involved as a screenwriter on films such as Escondido , Il Nero - Hatred Was His Prayer and His Bullets Whistle the Death Song , he also worked frequently with the Italian comedian and filmmaker Roberto Benigni . His greatest success was the script work on the film drama Life is Beautiful , for which he and Benigni received an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay .

On May 30, 2001 he was awarded the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic and on May 17, 2005 with the Benemeriti della cultura e dell'arte . In 2013 he was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI. Appointed to the Pontifical Academy of Fine Arts and Literature .

Cerami was married to the American actress Mimsy Farmer from 1970 to 1986 .

Literary works

Original works

  • 1976: Un borghese piccolo piccolo
  • 1978: Amorosa presenza
  • 1981: Tutti cattivi
  • 1981: Addio Lenin
  • 1983: Ragazzo di vetro
  • 1988: La lepre
  • 1991: L'ipocrita
  • 1993: La gente
  • 1996: Consigli a un giovane scrittore
  • 1997: Fattacci
  • 1998: La vita è bella
  • 2000: Olimpo Spa (with Silvia Ziche )
  • 2001: Fantasmi
  • 2002: Consigli a un giovane scrittore. Narrativa, cinema, teatro, radio
  • 2002: Olimpo Spa - Caccia Grossa, (with Silvia Ziche)
  • 2005: La sindrome di Tourette
  • 2005: L'incontro
  • 2007: Vite bugiarde

Translations in German

  • 1977: only a petty bourgeois
  • 1979: moment of love
  • 1990: The true story of the passionate love of Tommaso and Bianca Maria.

Filmography (selection)

Awards

Oscar

Chlotrudis Awards

Nastro d'Argento

Golden Raspberry

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Antonio D'Orrico: Vincenzo Cerami “Ero diventato muto mi salvò il prof Pasolini” on corriere.it of July 23, 2009 (Italian), accessed on January 5, 2012
  2. ↑ Biografia Vincenzo Cerami on zam.it (Italian), accessed on January 5, 2012
  3. ↑ Cerami Sig. Vincenzo on quirinale.it (Italian), accessed on January 5, 2012
  4. ↑ Cerami M ° Vincenzo on quirinale.it (Italian), accessed on January 5, 2012
  5. ↑ Appointments in the Vatican , Vatican Radio , February 24, 2013
personal data
SURNAME Cerami, Vincenzo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian writer, dramaturge and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH November 2, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Rome , Italy
DATE OF DEATH 17th July 2013
Place of death Rome , Italy