Domenico Starnone is an Italian

Italian literature

Italian literature is literature written in the Italian language, particularly within Italy. It may also refer to literature written by Italians or in Italy in other languages spoken in Italy, often languages that are closely related to modern Italian....

 writer, screenwriter and journalist.

Born in Saviano

Saviano

Saviano is a comune in the Province of Naples in the Italian region Campania, located about 25 km northeast of Naples. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 15,114 and an area of 13.8 km².-Geography:...

, near Naples

Naples

Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...

, he collaborated to several newspapapers and satirically magazines, including L'Unità

L'Unità

l'Unità is an Italian left-wing newspaper, originally founded as official newspaper of the Italian Communist Party.-History:L'Unità was founded by Antonio Gramsci on 12 February 1924, as the newspaper of workers and peasants, the official newspaper of Italian Communist Party : it was printed in...

, Il Manifesto

Il Manifesto

il manifesto is an Italian newspaper. While it calls itself communist, it is not connected to any political party. It was founded as a monthly review in 1969 by a collective of left-wing journalists engaged in the wave of critical thought and activity on the Italian left in that period. Prominent...

, Tango and Cuore, usually about episodes of life as his High School teacher. He works also as screenwriter.

The movies La scuola (by Daniele Luchetti

Daniele Luchetti

Daniele Luchetti is an Italian film director, screenwriter and actor.He was born in Rome. He debuted as assistant director for Nanni Moretti in Bianca and La messa è finita...

) and Denti (by Gabriele Salvatores

Gabriele Salvatores

Gabriele Salvatores , is an Italian Academy Award-winning film director and screenwriter.-Biography:Born in Naples, Salvatores debuted as a theatre director in 1972, founding in Milan the Teatro dell'Elfo, for which he directed several avant-garde pieces until 1989.In that year, he directed his...

) are inspired to his books.

His most appreciated book is Via Gemito, which won the Premio Strega in 2001

2001 in literature

The year 2001 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:* The film version of J. R. R. Tolkien's classic book, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, is released to movie theaters...

. It has been recently suggested that the mysterious writer Elena Ferrante

Elena Ferrante

Elena Ferrante is an Italian writer.She is an extremely reclusive writer and as such not much is known of her true identity or her current location. It has been postured that Ferrante is in fact a pen name for the male Italian writer Domenico Starnone. There is much speculation as to this on...

, author of L'amore molesto and I giorni dell'abbandono

I giorni dell'abbandono

I giorni dell'abbandono is a film of 2005 by Roberto Faenza, set in Turin, based on the novel by Elena Ferrante.-Synopsis:Olga , literary translator, wife and mother of two is suddenly abandoned by her husband for a younger woman. With this she enters into a painful lapse that turns into despair...

, was Starnone himself.

Selected bibliography

• Ex cattedra (1988)
• Il salto con le aste (1989)
• Segni d'oro (1990)
• Fuori registro (1991)
• Sottobanco (1992)
• Eccesso di zelo (1993)
• Appunti sulla maleducazione di un insegnante volenteroso (1995)
• Denti (1996)
• La retta via (1997)
• Via Gemito (2000)
• Prima esecuzione (2007)