Carlo Castellaneta (8 February 1930 - 28 September 2013) was an Italian author and journalist.
Born in Milan, Castellaneta began to work at a young age, first in an art gallery and then in the publishing house Arnoldo Mondadori Editore as a proofreader.[1] In 1958 Elio Vittorini, consultant of the publishing house, read the manuscript of Castellaneta's novel Viaggio col padre, and approved the publication; then Castellaneta began a long and prolific career as a novelist, with novels translated into English, French, Spanish and German, but also as a journalist for Il Corriere della Sera and Storia Illustrata of which he was also director.[1][2] Castellaneta was also chairman of the La Scala Theatre Museum.[1]
His novel Notti e nebbie (Nights and Mists, 1975) was adapted into an eponymous 1984 television miniseries directed by Marco Tullio Giordana.[1]
Castellaneta died on 28 September 2013 in a hospital in Palmanova as a result of complications of pneumonia.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Addio allo scrittore Castellaneta voce della Milano che non c'è più". La Stampa. 28 September 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
- ^ "Addio allo scrittore Carlo Castellaneta". L'Unità. 28 September 2013. Archived from the original on 1 October 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
- ^ "Album Morto Carlo Castellaneta scrittore simbolo di Milano". Il Giornale. 29 September 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2013.