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Career

After receiving degrees in philosophy (under Gianni Vattimo) and piano (at the Conservatory), he published essays of music criticism: Il genio in fuga, 1988), on Gioachino Rossini, and L'anima di Hegel e le mucche del Wisconsin ("Hegel's Soul and the Cows of Wisconsin", 1992), on the relation between music and modernity. He subsequently worked as musical critic for La Repubblica and La Stampa, and hosted talk shows on Rai Tre. Gianni Vattimo at the National Gay Pride march, Como, 1999 Gianni Vattimo (born January 4, 1936) is an internationally recognized Italian author and politician. ... A grand piano, with the lid up. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Music critic. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Portrait Gioachino Antonio Rossini (February 29, 1792 – November 13, 1868)[1] was an Italian musical composer who wrote more than 30 operas as well as sacred music and chamber music. ... Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel [] (August 27, 1770 – November 14, 1831) was a German philosopher born in Stuttgart, Württemberg, in present-day southwest Germany. ... Official language(s) None Capital Madison Largest city Milwaukee Area  Ranked 23rd  - Total 65,498 sq mi (169,790 km²)  - Width 260 miles (420 km)  - Length 310 miles (500 km)  - % water 17  - Latitude 42°30N to 47°3N  - Longitude 86°49W to 92°54W Population  Ranked... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into modernity. ... La Repubblica (meaning: The Republic) is an Italian daily newspaper. ... La Stampa is one of the best-known and most widely sold Italian daily newspapers, published in Turin and distributed in Italy and in other nations in Europe. ... A talk show (U.S.) or chat show (Brit. ... Rai Tre is part of RAI, the Italian government broadcasting agency, which owns other channels, such as Rai Uno, Rai Due and Rai Tre (amongst others). ...

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In 1993 he co-founded a creative writing school in Turin and named Scuola Holden, after J. D. Salinger's Holden Caulfield. The Scuola Holden, currently in its 12th year of activity, hosts a variety of courses about all kinds of narrative techniques, from screenwriting to journalism, from videogames to novel and short-story. Among the teachers have been some very prominent artists. 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Jerome David Salinger (born January 1, 1919) is an American author best known for The Catcher in the Rye, a classic novel that has enjoyed enduring popularity since its publication in 1951. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

In the following years his fame has grown enormously throughout Europe, with his works always topping the Italian and French best-sellers lists. Larger recognition followed the adaptation of his theatrical monologue Novecento into a movie directed by Oscar prize director Giuseppe Tornatore.^{[citation needed]} The Legend of 1900 (original title being La Leggenda del Pianista sullOceano) is a 1998 film starring Tim Roth, done by the Italian filmmaker Giuseppe Tornatore. ... Giuseppe Tornatore (born 27 May 1956 in Bagheria, Sicily) is an Italian film director. ...

He has also worked with the French band Air; their only release together is City Reading, a mix of the French duo's music with Baricco's reading of his City. Air is a French music duo, consisting of Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoît Dunckel. ...

In 2003 Baricco moved from Turin to Rome, where he currently lives with his wife (journalist Barbara Frandino) and their son Samuele. 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nickname: The Eternal City Motto: SPQR: Senatus PopulusQue Romanus Location of the city of Rome (yellow) within the Province of Rome (red) and region of Lazio (grey) Coordinates: Region Lazio Province Province of Rome Founded 21 April 753 BC  - Mayor Walter Veltroni Area    - City 1285 km²  (580 sq mi)  - Urban...

Works

Novels

• Castelli di rabbia (mentioning The Crystal Palace), Rizzoli 1991, Tascabili Bompiani 1994; translated as Land of Glass (1991)
• Novecento. Un monologo, Giangcomo Feltrinelli Editore, Milan, 1994; Novecento:pianist (1994)
• Oceano Mare, Rizzoli 1993; Ocean Sea (1993)
• Seta, Rizzoli 1996; Silk (novel) (1996) (see Silk (film) for the film adaptation)
• City (original title), Rizzoli 1999
• [[Constellations (Mozart, Rossini, Benjamin, Adorno]](original title), ; (1999)
• Senza sangue, Rizzoli 2002; Without Blood (2002) (also published in revised form on The New Yorker)
• Questa storia, Fandango 2005; This Story (2006)

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Theater

• Totem, a literary and musical happening staged in various locations throughout Italy with varying structure and contents. Mostly it consisted of a two-night theatrical event in which Baricco himself, helped by director Gabriele Vacis, actor Eugenio Allegri and musician Daniele Sepe, would read and comment chosen bits of literature from all centuries and countries, accompanying them with music. In 2001 Rizzoli published the video of aTotem recorded in Milan in the year 1997.
• Novecento, Feltrinelli 1994; The Legend of 1900 (1994) - originally a monologue for theater staged by director Gabriele Vacis, later adapted into a film by Giuseppe Tornatore: La leggenda del pianista sull'oceano in 1998 (with music composed by Ennio Morricone)
• Davila Roa, staged only once by director Luca Ronconi. Reportedly a huge fiasco, it was never published in written form.
• Omero, Iliade, Feltrinelli 2004 - a rewriting of Homer's Iliad which consisted in 24 chapters, each telling a part of the story through the eyes and words of a prominent character in the poem. The theatrical event from which the book originated was staged only twice due to its logistic difficulties, sincer it spanned over three nights during which the best contemporary Italian actors would impersonate one character each, eight per night.

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Cinema

• Partita Spagnola, Audino Editore 2003 (screenplay never shot).

Collected short writings

• Barnum. Cronache dal Grande Show, Feltrinelli 1995
• Barnum 2. Altre cronache del Grande Show, Feltrinelli 1998
• Next. Piccolo libro sulla globalizzazione e il mondo che verrà, Feltrinelli 2002

Essays

• Il genio in fuga. Sul teatro musicale di Rossini, Il Melangolo 1988, Einaudi 1997
• L'anima di Hegel e le mucche del Wisconsin, Garzanti 1992
• I Barbari, La Repubblica 2006

Awards

Source: "A note about the author" of Without Blood.

• Prix Médicis Estranger — France
• Selezione Campiello — Italy
• Viareggio — Italy
• Palazzo al Bosco — Italy