Andrea Camilleri (Porto Empedocle, Agrigento, 1925) is a Italian writer. Categories: Possible copyright violations ... Agrigento (formerly Girgenti) is the name of a town on the southern coast of Italy, capital of the province of Agrigento. ... 1925 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... The term writer can apply to anyone who creates a written work, but the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ...

Biography

Originary from Sicily, he began studying at the Faculty of Literature in 1944, without concluding them, but publishing poems and short stories. During those times, he entered into the Italian Communist Party. Sicily (Sicilia in Italian) is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, with an area of 25,700 sq. ... Open Directory Project: Literature World Literature Electronic Text Archives Magazines and E-zines Online Writing Writers Resources Libraries, Digital Cataloguing, Metadata Distance Learning What is Literature? Dictionary of the History of Ideas: Classicism in Literature The Universal Library, by Carnegie Mellon University Project Gutenberg Online Library Abacci - Project Gutenberg texts... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Logo of the Italian Communist Party The Partito Comunista Italiano (PCI) or Italian Communist Party emerged as Partito Comunista dItalia or Communist Party of Italy from a secession by the Leninist comunisti puri tendency from the Italian Socialist Party (PSI) during that bodys congress on 21 January 1921...

From 1948 to 1950 he studied movie direction at the Academy of Drama Arts "Silvio D'Amico", starting to work as director and screenwriter. 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Entered into RAI, he worked for several TV productions, such as the Inspector Maigret with Gino Cervi. In 1977 he is back at the Academy of Drama Arts, holding the chair of Movie Direction, and maintaining it for 20 years. RAI (Radiotelevisione Italiana) is the primary Italian radio and television broadcasting system. ... Gino Cervi (born May 3, 1901 in Bologna; died January 3, 1974 in Punta Ala) was an Italian actor of international fame. ... 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ...

In 1978 he writes his first novel, named Il corso delle cose, followed by Un filo di fumo in 1980, none of those, unfortunately, with any kind of popularity. 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...

In 1992 he goes back to write novels after a long pause of 12 years; his new book, named La stagione della caccia, is a best-seller, making Camilleri popular as writer. 1992 was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...

In 1994 he publish the first of a long serie of novels about the character of Salvo Montalbano, a Sicilian detective in the police force of Vigàta, an imaginary Sicilian town, named La forma dell'acqua. Moreover, the TV representation of Montalbano's adventures, made out of Camilleri's novels, make gain increasing popularity about the Sicilian author. 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ...

Camilleri lives in Rome where today he works as a TV and theatre director. About 10 millions copies of his novels have been sold as of today. City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BC mythical, 1st millennium BC Region Latium Mayor Walter Veltroni (Democratici di Sinistra) Area  - City Proper  1290 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 2,546,807 almost 4,000,000 1...

He received a honorary degree from University of Pisa in 2005. An Honorary Degree (Latin: honoris causa ad gradum) is an extra-ordinary academic degree awarded to an individual as a decoration, rather than as the result of matriculating and studying for several years. ... The University of Pisa (Italian Università di Pisa) is one of the most renowned Italian universities. ... 2005(MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• Official website of Andrea Camilleri (in Italian)
• Andrea Camilleri Reader Website (in German)
• Vigata.org - Camilleri Fans Club (in Italian)