Luciano De Crescenzo (Italian pronunciation: [lutano de krentso]; born 18 August 1928) is an Italian writer, film actor, director and

engineer. Born in Naples, he graduated in engineering and worked for IBM Italy until 1976, when he published the bestseller Cos parl Bellavista (Thus Spake Bellavista), a collection of facts and anecdotes about his city which sold 600,000 copies in Italy and was translated into numerous languages. In 1980 he debuted as actor in Il pap'occhio, under the direction of his friend Renzo Arbore, together with Roberto Benigni. In 1984 he directed the successful movie adaptation of Cos parl Bellavista (in which he also played the main protagonist), followed by Il mistero di Bellavista in 1985. In 1995 he wrote and directed Croce e delizia, featuring Teo Teocoli and Isabella Rossellini. In the meantime he published a long series of books, including novels and popularizations of philosophy. For his work in the field of Greek philosophy he received honorary citizenship of Athens in 1994.

Bibliography [edit]
Cos parl Bellavista (1977) Raffaele (1978) La Napoli di Bellavista (1979) Zio Cardellino (1981) Storia della filosofia greca. I presocratici (1983) Oi dialogoi (1985) Storia della filosofia greca. Da Socrate in poi (1986) - The History of Greek Philosophy: Socrates and Beyond Vita di Luciano De Crescenzo scritta da lui medesimo (1989) Elena, Elena, amore mio (1991) Il dubbio (1992) Croce e delizia (1993) Socrate (1993) I miti degli dei (1993) Panta rei (1994) Ordine e disordine (1996) Nessuno (1997) Sembra ieri (1997)

Il tempo e la felicit (1998) Le donne sono diverse (1999) La distrazione (2000) Tale e quale (2001) Storia della filosofia medioevale (2002) Storia della filosofia moderna. Da Niccol Cusano a Galileo Galilei (2003) Storia della filosofia moderna. Da Cartesio a Kant (2004) I pensieri di Bellavista (2005) Il pressappoco (2007) Il caffe sospeso. Saggezza quotidiana in piccoli sorsi (2008) Ulisse era un Fico (2010)

Filmography (director) [edit]

Luciano De Crescenzo: portrait - Augusto De Luca

Cos parl Bellavista (1984) Il mistero di Bellavista (1985) 32 dicembre (1987) Croce e delizia (1995)

External links [edit]

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Official website Luciano De Crescenzo at the Internet Movie Database

Luciano De Crescenzo Quotes

We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can only fly by embracing one another.
LucianoDe Crescenzo

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