Angelo Cannavacciuolo
Angelo Cannavacciuolo is an Italian writer and film director.
Cannavacciuolo studied at the Faculty of Letters and Philosophy of the Near East at the Istituto Orientale in Naples. He has written, directed and performed for film, theater and television. He lives between Naples and San Francisco and collaborates with various Italian newspapers. Originally a successful actor, he also wrote and directed plays before going on to make his first feature film Malesh. It starred Ida Di Benedetto, Marina Suma. In 1999, he published his first novel Guardiani delle Nuvole which was nominated for the Premio Viareggio and the Premio Giuseppe Berto. It was later turned into a movie by Luciano Odorisio. Cannavacciuolo's second book Il soffio delle Fate was nominated for the Premio Elsa Morante. His fourth novel Le cose accadono met with greater success, winning the Premio Viadana and the Premio Domenico Rea. Apart from novels, he has also written numerous short stories. His works have been presented by the Italian Cultural Institutes of Sarajevo, San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York.
Works
Le occasioni di Rosa by Salvatore Piscicelli - Venice International Film Festival Actor - FilmSapore di mare by Carlo Vanzina - Italian cult film. Actor - FilmBlues metropolitani by Salvatore Piscicelli Actor - FilmSapore di mare 2 - Un anno dopo by Bruno Cortini Actor - FilmVai alla grande by Salvatore Samperi Actor - FilmLa Trasgressione by Fabrizio Rampelli Actor - FilmMalesh by Angelo Cannavacciuolo premiered at Cairo International Film Festival, Incontri International Cinema Festival Sorrento and Festival Cinema Italiano. Screenwriter, Director - FilmGuardiani delle nuvole - Baldini & Castoldi NovelEl Dorado - RAI - Docu-fiction set in Australia. Screenwriter, Actor - TelevisionIl Soffio delle Fate - Baldini & Castoldi Translated to Serbo-Bosnian by Šahinpašić Novel Il Parco Virgiliano - Liguori Editore for Galassia Gutenberg - Short Story Bianco Natale Short story collection Guida Editore. Translated to English by Words Without Borders. - Short StoryGuardiani delle nuvole - film by Luciano Odorisio Alessandro Gassman, Claudia Gerini, Franco Nero, Anna Galiena, Luisa Ranieri. Music composed by Ennio Morricone. - ScreenwriterAcque basse - Fazi Editore NovelOratorio di speranza Composer Filippo Zigante, Libretto Angelo Cannavacciuolo - OperaLe cose accadono - Cairo Editore NovelIl soffio delle fate opera - Composer Filippo Zigante, Libretto Angelo Cannavacciuolo. Antonín Dvořák Theatre, Ostrava CZ - Opera Words in Journey - Parole in viaggio - Pompeii Teatro Grande featuring Gore Vidal, Jay Parini, Ethan Canin and Jim Nesbit. - Literary event creator.Words in Journey Literary Events set in various locations in Campania Featured authors included: Jeffery Deaver, Arturo Perez-Reverte Philppe Claudel, Marcos Giralt Torrente, Joanne Harris, John Domini, Martin Widmark, Valeria Luiselli, Tracy Chevallier. Pompeii Echoes from the Grand Tour Contrasto. Curated by Angelo Cannavacciuolo, featuring photography by Mimmo Jodice. - Book curator & EssayNel Regno di Napoli il contrabbando non e peccato. Short story collection by Il Mattino and Banco di Napoli. - Short storySacramerica - Ad Est dell'Equatore - Novel Delirious Naples - Fordham Echoes from Pompeii - EssayL'apprendista amante Ad Est dell'Equatore The Novel The Apprentice Lover by Jay Parini - Translation of novel.Traduzioni sotto il 41º parallelo Curation of translated international short stories from Words Without BordersWhen Things Happen Rutgers University Press - Translation of Le cose accadono to English by Greg Pell. - Novel
Awards
Targa Europa per il cinema. "Le Occasione di Rosa" La Torre.''"Le Occasione di Rosa" 1984Premio opera prima Festival du Premier Roman di Chambery "Guardini delle Nuvole" Premio Elsa Morante per la narrativa "Il Soffio delle Fate" Vincitore della Piramide D’oro al Festival del Cairo. "Guardiani delle Nuvole film" Premio Archita: Nuove proposte Culturali - Istituto italiano per gli Studi Filosofici. Premio Viadana per la narrativa "Le Cose Accadono" Premio Domenico Rea per la narrativa "Le Cose Accadono" The Joseph G. Astman Distinguished Scholar Award MIA - Targa alla Carriera - Career award. Premio Letizia Isaia per la narrativa "Sacramerica" ''