Giorgio Faletti
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Giorgio Faletti at Lucca Comics and Games in 2009
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| Born |
25 November 1950 Asti, Italy |
| Died | 4 July 2014 (aged 63) Turin, Italy |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Language | Italian |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Genre | Thriller |
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Giorgio Faletti (Italian pronunciation: [ˈdʒordʒo faˈletti]; 25 November 1950 – 4 July 2014) was an Italian writer, actor, comedian and singer-songwriter. Born in Asti, Piedmont, he lived on Elba Island. His books have been translated into 25 languages and published with great success in Europe, South America, China, Japan, Russia and United States.
After graduating from law school, Faletti began his career as a comedian during the nineteen seventies at the Milanese Club "Derby". During the same period he shared the stage with the local circle of actors: Diego Abatantuono, Teo Teocoli, Massimo Boldi, Paolo Rossi and Francesco Salvi. In 1983, he appeared on Antenna 3 Lombardia and alongside Raffaella Carrà in Pronto Raffaella. In 1985, he was cast as a comedian in Antonio Ricci's successful variety show Drive In. Other television successes followed, on variety shows such as Emilio, Fantastico and Stasera mi butto... e tre!.
Approaching in the meantime the world of music, in 1988 he released the mini-album Colletti bianchi, the soundtrack of the TV series of the same name in which he was one of the main actors. In 1991 he released his second album, Disperato ma non serio, launched by the single Ulula, and he composed the song "Traditore", included in her album Caterpillar. In 1992, he participated, for the first time, at the Sanremo Music Festival in tandem with Orietta Berti with the song "Rumba di Tango".
In 1994, Faletti got his main success as a singer-songwriter with the song "Signor Tenente", inspired by massacres of Capaci and Via D'Amelio, ranking second at the Sanremo Music Festival and also winning the Critics' Award. The subsequent album, Come un cartone animato, was a platinum album.
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