Alessandro Agostinelli
[Image:Alessandro Agostinelli.jpg|thumb|200px|Alessandro Agostinelli in 2019]
Alessandro Agostinelli is an Italian writer, journalist and poet.
Early life
Born in Follonica, he obtained a Ph.D. in "history of visual arts and show business".Journalism
He worked for Radio 24, Radio Tre Rai, Il Riformista, Il Fatto Quotidiano and L'Unità. He also worked with the magazines Polis and Zone.Travel journalism
One of his topic of interest is the concept of "travel". He writes the travel blog Atlante for the weekly magazine L'Espresso and was of the author of the Lonely Planet's guides in Italian for Tuscany and also specifically for Florence.He is the president of the Società Italiana Viaggiatori and the director of the Festival [del Viaggio].
In 2011 he published Honolulu baby, a book of anecdotes and histories about the Hawaiian Islands but also about the role of writing during travel.
In 2018 he celebrated the 500th year from Leonardo da Vinci's death with a trip from Vinci to Amboise, in France.
American culture
He wrote a biographical novel about Charlie Parker, Benedetti da Parker, and the essay Individualismo e Noir about U.S. cinema and specifically the economical and social roots of the noir genre and its relationship with the western one.Poetry
His poetic production dates back to the beginning of the century and is inspired by “existential and travel themes".His poetries have been translated in Spanish, French, English and German and published in different Western counties. He has published in Spain his anthological poetry book titled En el rojo de Occidente.
In 2014 he became in charge of Poesia serie rossa, the editorial collection about poetry of the ETS publisher, one of the few new ones started in Italy at the time.
In 2019 he wrote the preface to the anthology Dix poètes italiens contemporains published in France by Le bousquet-la barthe.
Works
Poetry
Numeri e Parole, 1997, CampanottoAgosto e Temporali, 2000, ETSIl Cristo dei poeti, 2010, ETSEn el rojo de Ocidente, 2014, Olifante, L’ospite perfetta., 2020, Samuele EditoreIl materiale fragile, 2021, Pequod.Le Vive Stagioni, 2023, Editirice l'Arcolaio.Novels
La vita secca, 2002, Besa,- Alessandro Agostinelli, Athos Bigongiali, Sergio Costanzo, Marco Malvaldi, Matteo Pelliti, Ugo Riccarelli, Luca Ricci, Alessandro Scarpellini, Sosteneva Tabucchi, 2013, Felici Editore, Benedetti da Parker, 2017, Cairo Editore.
- ''Racconti di Viaggio''
Essays
Fosfori: 17 racconti di autori italiani contemporanei, Marco Nardi, 1992, Florence,- Alessandro Agostinelli, Daniele Luti, Sera di Volterra. Viaggio nei luoghi e nelle storie di una città antica, 2000, ETS,
- La società del giovanimento. Perché l'Occidente muore senza invecchiare, 2004, Castelvecchi,
- Una filosofia del cinema americano - Individualismo e Noir, 2004, ETS,
- Pisa & Livorno, istruzioni sulla guerra e sui campanili, 2006, Zona
- Alessandro Agostinelli, Tito Barbini, Paolo Ciampi, Parole in viaggio. Piccola guida di scrittura per viaggiatori veri e immaginari, 2014, Romano Editore,
- Un mondo perfetto. Gli otto comandamenti dei fratelli Coen, 2010, Editrice Besa Controluce,
- David Lynch e il Grande Fratello, 2011, Besa,
- Bernard Vanel, Alessandro Agostinelli, Dix poètes italiens contemporains. Dieci poeti italiani contemporanei, 2018, lebousquet-la barthe,