The author Andrea Camilleri created which Sicilian detective?
"stated by the same Camilleri. Salvo Montalbano Inspector Salvo Montalbano (Italian: commissario Salvo Montalbano) is a fictional detective created by Italian writer Andrea Camilleri in a series of novels and short stories. The fractious detective's character and manner encapsulate much of Sicilian mythology and astute detective work. The original books are written in a mixture of Italian, strict Sicilian, and a Sicilianized Italian. Although the Inspector Montalbano series of novels are staged in the Sicilian context, Camilleri uncompromisingly confronts many contemporary political and social problems. The novels were translated into English by Stephen Sartarelli. The translation of the Montalbano novels"
"Neither of these works enjoyed any significant amount of popularity. In 1992, after a long pause of 12 years, Camilleri once more took up novel-writing. A new book, ""La Stagione della Caccia"" (""The Hunting Season"") turned out to be a best-seller. In 1994 Camilleri published the first in a long series of novels: ""La forma dell'Acqua"" (""The Shape of Water"") featured the character of Inspector Montalbano, a fractious Sicilian detective in the police force of Vigàta, an imaginary Sicilian town. The series is written in Italian but with a substantial sprinkling of Sicilian phrases and grammar. The name Montalbano is"
"Inspector Montalbano (TV series) Inspector Montalbano ( ) is an Italian television series produced and broadcast by RAI since 1999, based on the detective novels of Andrea Camilleri. The protagonist is ""commissario"" (Commissioner) Salvo Montalbano, and the stories are set in the imaginary town of Vigàta, Sicily. In 2012 the series generated a prequel, ""The Young Montalbano"". Salvo Montalbano, as the chief police (commissario) of Vigàta, a fictional town in the fictional province of Montelusa, Sicily, is a gruff character who is responsible and serious at work, but often also open and friendly with people he knows he can trust."
"almost entirely in the Sicilian city of Ragusa and surrounding towns. The seaside and harbour locations were at Punta Secca and Licata. The series has been airing, with English subtitles, on the MHz Worldview television network under the ""MHz Networks International Mysteries"" banner for several years. In 2012 Rai 1 broadcast a prequel series ""Il giovane Montalbano (The Young Montalbano) "", starring Michele Riondino as Montalbano. Camilleri's writings have enjoyed, and still enjoy, a huge popular success in Italy. Montalbano personifies Camilleri's writing style and is therefore at the core of this success, so much so that the evident resemblance"
"had already been published in Italian and gained popularity among the Italian-speaking public. Sartarelli has attempted to maintain the mixture of Italian and Sicilian language in the dialogues. In addition, he has added notes at the end of each of the novels, which give short explanations regarding many of the peculiarities of Sicilian and Italian society depicted in the novels. The name Montalbano is a homage to the Spanish writer Manuel Vázquez Montalbán; the similarities between Montalbán's Pepe Carvalho and Camilleri's fictional detective are remarkable. Both writers make great play of their protagonists' gastronomic preferences. Inspector Montalbano is an engaging"
"were broadcast by RAI One, and in 2016, 2017 and 2018 a further six episodes were shown. - In 2003 Zingaretti was made a Knight of the Order of Merit of the Republic. Luca Zingaretti Luca Zingaretti (; born 11 November 1961) is an Italian actor, known for playing Salvo Montalbano in ""Inspector Montalbano"" mystery series based on the character and novels created by Andrea Camilleri. Zingaretti is a native of Rome. He is the older brother of politician Nicola Zingaretti. At the age of seventeen he entered the ranks of Rimini Football Club, but abandoned his career as a"
"Sapienza University of Rome. Camilleri has also received honorary degrees from UCD (University College Dublin) on 5 December 2011 and the American University of Rome on 30 October 2013. Andrea Camilleri Andrea Calogero Camilleri (; born 6 September 1925) is an Italian writer. Originally from Porto Empedocle, Sicily, Camilleri began studies at the Faculty of Literature in 1944, without concluding them, meanwhile publishing poems and short stories. From 1948 to 1950 Camilleri studied stage and film direction at the Silvio D'Amico Academy of Dramatic Arts (Accademia Nazionale d'Arte Drammatica) and began to take on work as a director and screenwriter,"
"Andrea Camilleri Andrea Calogero Camilleri (; born 6 September 1925) is an Italian writer. Originally from Porto Empedocle, Sicily, Camilleri began studies at the Faculty of Literature in 1944, without concluding them, meanwhile publishing poems and short stories. From 1948 to 1950 Camilleri studied stage and film direction at the Silvio D'Amico Academy of Dramatic Arts (Accademia Nazionale d'Arte Drammatica) and began to take on work as a director and screenwriter, directing especially plays by Pirandello and Beckett. His parents knew, and were, reportedly, ""distant friends"" of, Pirandello, as he tells in his essay on Pirandello ""Biography of the Changed"
"Loriano Macchiavelli Loriano Macchiavelli (born March 12, 1934) is an Italian mystery writer and playwright. Macchiavelli was born in Vergato, near Bologna. He worked also a theatre impresario, actor and playwright. As a writer, his most famous character is Sarti Antonio (surname written first), a Bolognese police detective, characterized by a strong morality but mediocre investigative capabilities; in his tales he is often helped by the sharper mind of Rosas, a smart university student. Sarti's stories have been turned into a television series in 1991, followed by an Italian-German co-production of six films, broadcast in April and May 1994. He"
"was also the protagonist of a comics series published in the Italian magazine ""Orient Express"". More recently, Macchiavelli has written a series of detective novels in collaboration with singer-songwriter Francesco Guccini having a Carabinieri ""maresciallo"", Benedetto Santovito, as the protagonist. Machiavelli's books have been published in France, Germany, Portugal, Spain, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Soviet Union, Japan, Romania and other countries. Loriano Macchiavelli Loriano Macchiavelli (born March 12, 1934) is an Italian mystery writer and playwright. Macchiavelli was born in Vergato, near Bologna. He worked also a theatre impresario, actor and playwright. As a writer, his most famous character is Sarti Antonio"
"where the nameless narrator is an investigative judge who has to discover Valerio Garau's killer. Garau is an attorney from Sassari in Sardinia, who is poisoned to death while having coffee with his lover. The story unfolds in two years, 1978 and 1979, during a critical period for Italy, marked by a wave of terrorism. In 2000 the director Antonello Grimaldi has made the film ""Un delitto impossibile"" from this novel, which is also considered (with the coeval ""L'oro di Fraus"" by Giulio Angioni), the origin of a genre of Sardinian detective stories (giallo sardo). Salvatore Mannuzzu Salvatore Mannuzzu (born"
"Television, of most of the novels and short stories. Each closely follows the plot of the novels, in some cases joining several short stories. Alberto Sironi has directed the entire series. Luca Zingaretti had to adjust his accent to Sicilian having been born in Rome. Camilleri was teaching at the time when Zingaretti was studying at the Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico. Austrian actress Katharina Böhm plays his girlfriend Livia, dubbed by Claudia Catani, while Cesare Bocci plays his deputy, and Peppino Mazzotta plays his most trusted detective Fazio. Although Camilleri set his books in a fictionalized version"
"a homage to the Spanish writer Manuel Vázquez Montalbán; the similarities between Montalban's Pepe Carvalho and Camilleri's fictional detective are remarkable. Both writers make great play of their protagonists' gastronomic preferences. This feature provides an interesting quirk which has become something of a fad among his readership even in mainland Italy. The TV adaptation of Montalbano's adventures, starring Luca Zingaretti, further increased Camilleri's popularity to such a point that in 2003 Camilleri's home town, Porto Empedocle – on which Vigàta is modelled – took the extraordinary step of changing its official name to that of Porto Empedocle Vigàta, no doubt"
"as the winner of the 2012 Crime Writers' Association International Dagger. The announcement was made on 5 July 2012 at the awards ceremony held at One Birdcage Walk in London. Camilleri now lives in Rome where he works as a TV and theatre director. About 10 million copies of his novels have been sold to date and are becoming increasingly popular in the UK (where BBC Four broadcast the Montalbano TV series from mid-2011), Australia and North America. In addition to the degree of popularity brought him by the novels, in recent months Andrea Camilleri has become even more of"
"Guido Brunetti Guido Brunetti is a fictional Italian detective, created by American writer Donna Leon. He is a ""commissario"" (detective superintendent) in the Italian State Police, stationed in Venice and a native of that city. Brunetti is the subject of (up to 2018) 27 novels: He is also the subject of a German TV film series based on these novels. Brunetti is described by Leon in her first novel, ""Death at La Fenice"" as ""a surprisingly neat man, tie carefully knotted, hair shorter than was the fashion; even his ears lay close to his head, as if reluctant to call"
"like ""Till Eulenspiegel"" (1975) and Rabelais' ""Gargantua and Pantagruel"" (1979). In the late 1970s he began working for publisher Bonelli, producing ""L’Uomo della Legione"" and ""L'Uomo del New England"" for the series ""Un uomo un'avventura"". In 1982 he created his only original series, ""L'Ispettore Coke"" (""Inspector Coke"") for the publisher Isola Trovata, featuring a detective of Scotland Yard who faces strange cases in stories set at the beginning of the 20th century. Only two album publications, ""I delitti della fenice"" (""The Crimes of the Phoenix"") and ""La Mummia"" (""The Mummy"") were completed before the work was interrupted by Battaglia's unexpected"
"and started cooperating with Italian authorities. Pasquale Scotti Pasquale Scotti (Casoria, September 8, 1958) is an Italian criminal and boss of the Camorra—a Mafia-type organisation in Naples and Campania—involved in the Nuova Camorra Organizzata (NCO), headed by Raffaele Cutolo. He was described as a smooth and ruthless personality and one of the most able of the lieutenants of Cutolo together with Vincenzo Casillo. Scotti and Casillo—who had close ties to the secret services—mediated between Cutolo and the regional leaders of the Christian Democrat party (, DC), the military secret service and the Red Brigades to obtain the release of the"
"by Trebitsch Productions for ARD's Degeto Film division. In them Guido Brunetti has been depicted by Joachim Król (2000 – 2002) and by Uwe Kockisch (2004 to present). 24 films have been made so far, though they differ in the characters and plot detail from the novels on which they are based. Guido Brunetti Guido Brunetti is a fictional Italian detective, created by American writer Donna Leon. He is a ""commissario"" (detective superintendent) in the Italian State Police, stationed in Venice and a native of that city. Brunetti is the subject of (up to 2018) 27 novels: He is also"
"existential thoughts whilst trying to resolve a complicated case of diamond trafficking. The Age of Doubt The Age of Doubt (orig. Italian: ""L'età del dubbio"") is a 2008 novel by Andrea Camilleri, translated into English in 2012 by Stephen Sartarelli. It is the fourteenth novel in the internationally popular Inspector Montalbano series. Inspector Montalbano has a dream in between the tragic and the ridiculous, which reveals his recurring thoughts about death and his relationship with Livia. In the dream, he's witnessing his own funeral, Catarella himself tells him that he's dead. Attending the funeral are the usual police investigators: Coroner"
"rendering everything shapeless, Montalbano feels out of place and lonely. Beyond these considerations and uncertainties that increase the reality of the character, author Camilleri continues the ""saga"" of Inspector Montalbano, confirming the wisdom of his skillful narrative, which combines a charming language constantly reaching out to the Sicilian language (ably translated by Sartarelli), with the suspenseful plot and the vivid characters. Excursion to Tindari The story takes place between Vigata and picturesque Tindari, a promontory of historical and archaeological beauty, in search of the mysterious bond that has united in the same violent death three persons unrelated to each other."
"Andrea Camilleri. The protagonist is ""Commissario"" Salvo Montalbano, and Mazzotta plays his loyal, hyperactive right-hand man in the fictional town of Vigata, Sicily. In the summer of 2012, during the Positano Theatre Festival, Mazzotta was awarded the ""Annibale Ruccello Prize"" for his theatrical production ""Radio Argo"". Mazzotta's career is currently divided between theatre, cinema and television, in a busy schedule of engagements and guest appearances. He continues to play Inspector Montalbano's assistant in the new episodes of the Italian TV series. In autumn 2016 Mazzotta played Bruno Corona, a fictional 'Ndrangheta boss in ""Solo"" a dramatic television series broadcast by"
"D. Altieri) authors published include the Italian horror writer Alda Teodorani, and Claudia Salvatori. Cover artists include Kurt Caesar and Carlo Jacono, who realized the covers until 1986. Il Giallo Mondadori Il Giallo Mondadori is an Italian series of mystery/crime novels published by Arnoldo Mondadori Editore since 1929. Their original title was I libri gialli, where ""giallo"" in Italian means ""yellow"", a reference to the color of the cover background. The title was changed to I gialli Mondadori in 1946. The series had a weekly periodicity for decades, while currently is published every fifteen days. In its long life, the"
"Julia (comics) Julia-le avventure di una criminologa (Italian: ""Julia, adventures of a criminologist""), known simply as Julia, is an Italian comic book series created by Giancarlo Berardi and edited by Sergio Bonelli Editore. The protagonist, Julia Kendall, is a criminologist, and the stories are usually in the crime fiction genre. The comic series was created in 1998 by Berardi (already author of Ken Parker) and it was born of Sergio Bonelli Editore's wish for a purely detective series, as well as by request of Ken Parker's fans, after its end, for a new comic. Berardi has attended criminology classes at"
"Inspector De Luca (novel series) The Inspector De Luca mysteries, also called the De Luca trilogy, consist of three Italian novels, ""Carte Blanche"" (, 1990), ""The Damned Season"" (, 1991), and ""Goose Street"" ( (1996) by Italian crime fiction writer Carlo Lucarelli. The novels have been noted for the setting in the period between the collapse of the Fascist government of Italy in 1943 and installation of the Italian Social Republic puppet state of Nazi Germany from 1943 to 1945, and the immediate postwar period, and also for the tenacious attitude of the protagonist policeman - a feature also found"
"literary awards. His books have been translated in more than 10 languages. Andrea Vitali Andrea Vitali (born 5 February 1956) is an Italian writer. Vitali was born in Bellano, on the eastern shore of Lake Como. After graduating from medical college, he worked as an MD until 2014. He debuted as a writer in 1990, with the novella ""Il procuratore"", which won the ""Montblanc Award for Young Novel"". In 1995 he won the ""Piero Chiara Literary Award"" for ""L'ombra di Marinetti"", and, in 2003, with ""Una finestra vistalago"", he won the Grinzane Cavour Prize. Vitali has written many more novels"
"of his success as a Sicilian policeman seems to be his ability to bridge between different cultures. There is the ""northern"" force, coming from Milan that attempts to standardize regulations and increase transparency. On the opposite side is the particularistic ""southern"" culture with complex webs of relationships that affect the way things are done. Montalbano excels at balancing between these two, while being true to his principles. Inspector Montalbano lives and works in the fictional town of ""Vigàta"", in the similarly fictional district of ""Montelusa"". Camilleri based Vigàta on his home town of Porto Empedocle, on Sicily's south-west coast, while"
"Canale 5 and set in Gioia Tauro, Calabria. Peppino Mazzotta Peppino Mazzotta (born 20 May 1971) is an Italian actor, known for playing police officer Giuseppe Fazio in ""Il commissario"" mystery series based on the character and novels created by Andrea Camilleri. Mazzotta is a native of Domanico (Province of Cosenza). Born in the Calabrian town of Domanico in 1971, Mazzotta attended the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Reggio Calabria, then joined a Drama School at Palmi, and discovered his great acting passion. He later founded in Naples the theatre company ""Rosso Tiziano (Titian Red)"" together with five"
"Luca Zingaretti Luca Zingaretti (; born 11 November 1961) is an Italian actor, known for playing Salvo Montalbano in ""Inspector Montalbano"" mystery series based on the character and novels created by Andrea Camilleri. Zingaretti is a native of Rome. He is the older brother of politician Nicola Zingaretti. At the age of seventeen he entered the ranks of Rimini Football Club, but abandoned his career as a footballer after a few months in order to attend the National Academy of Dramatic Art Silvio D' Amico. In 2004 he separated from his first wife, the journalist and writer Margherita D'Amico, niece"
"another facet of Venetian life. Brunetti reports to the vain and self-serving buffoon, Vice-Questore Patta, while Sergente (later Ispettore and with the inspector per ""tu"") Vianello and the all-knowing and well-connected Signorina Elettra, Patta's secretary, assist Brunetti on the ground and through research. These novels are successful in Germany, and translated into many languages, except Italian. Leon's Commissario Brunetti novels have spawned multiple spin-off enterprises, including: Donna Leon Donna Leon (; born September 28, 1942, in Montclair, New Jersey) is the American author of a series of crime novels set in Venice, Italy featuring the fictional hero Commissario Guido Brunetti."
"(a victim or a witness) and he always hopelessly falls in love with her but he is, inexorably, dumped at the end of every case. Coliandro seems to be able to close every case with a combination of stubbornness and luck but at the end is always punished due to his “unprofessional behaviour”. L'ispettore Coliandro L'ispettore Coliandro is a series of Italian tongue-in-cheek television movies directed by Marco Manetti and Antonio Manetti (collectively Manetti Bros.), and written by the crime writer Carlo Lucarelli and starring Giampaolo Morelli in the title role of the Inspector Coliandro. According to the actors and"
"The Shape of Water (novel) The Shape of Water (""La forma dell'acqua"") is a 1994 novel by Andrea Camilleri, translated into English in 2002 by Stephen Sartarelli. It is the first novel in the internationally popular Inspector Montalbano series and the third of the RAI TV Montalbano films. Silvio Luparello, an engineer, developer, and aspiring politician from an aristocratic construction family, dies of a heart attack while having sex with his nephew and lover Giorgio at his beach house. The nephew panics, and, wanting to protect his uncle from the embarrassing circumstance of his death and not trusting himself to"
"tatuaggio"", and ""Anime perdute"". ""Notturno veneziano con messa nera e fantasmi d'amore"" and the nonfiction ""I dieci"" examined the Italian scientists who signed the ""Racial Manifesto"" in 1938 leading to the introduction of racial laws. Among his other works of fiction are ""I semidei"", a spy story set in contemporary Italy with clear references to many of the major figures involved in Tangentopoli inspired by his work as journalist, ""Il signore degli specchi"" on the life of Nostradamus, and ""Scroll"" on the legend that Shakespeare may not have been English. He is also the author a five-volume series on the"
"had in mind having young Montalbano as somewhat of a Che Guevara and that my red shirt soldier had convinced him I could be him. I was extremely flattered by the proposal but I didn't accept immediately. It took me several months before I managed to convince myself. Montalbano was always Luca Zingaretti. […] I feared some sort of media attack, since changing the face of the detective was almost blasphemy to some"". A subsequent meeting with Montalbano's creator, Andrea Camilleri, convinced him to take the role. Writing in UK newspaper ""The Independent on Sunday"", Emily Jupp found that, ""There"