Luigi Malerba
Italian screenwriter (1927-2008) · Italy · On the map · Writers · Died at 80
Luigi Malerba, born Luigi Bonardi, was an Italian author known for his short stories, historical novels, and screenplays. He was a prominent figure in the Neoavanguardia movement and co-founded Gruppo 63, a literary collective influenced by Marxism and Structuralism.
Luigi Malerba is read about 37 times a day, in 13 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 20 June 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
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Alberto Lattuada Directed The Overcoat and Love in the City
Fabio Carpi Directed Body of Love and The Peaceful Age
Pasquale Festa Campanile Directed Adultery Italian Style (1966)
Franco Indovina Directed Catch As Catch Can and Tre nel mille
Italo Calvino Influenced Luigi
Marco Ferreri Produced Love in the City (1953)
Maria Grazia Buccella Luigi wrote Adultery Italian Style (1968)
Gino Pernice Also in Adultery Italian Style (1966)
Cesare Zavattini Directed Love in the City (1953)
Valeria Moriconi Also in Love in the City and The Boarder
Jacques Herlin Luigi wrote The Girl and the General (1967)
Mara Berni Luigi wrote The Beach and Love in the City
Nico Pepe Also in The Boarder and It Was I
Toni Ucci Luigi wrote Jus primae noctis and The Gamecock
Federico Fellini Directed Love in the City (1953)
Michelangelo Antonioni Directed Love in the City (1953)
Klaus Kinski Luigi produced Rendezvous with Dishonour (1970)
Ugo Tognazzi Luigi wrote Love in the City and Sissignore
Martine Carol Luigi wrote The Beach (1954)
Giacomo Rossi-Stuart Luigi produced Rendezvous with Dishonour (1970)
Margaret Lee Luigi produced Rendezvous with Dishonour (1970)
Alessandro Momo Luigi produced Rendezvous with Dishonour (1970)
Ely Galleani Also in Jus primae noctis and It Was I
Pietro Tordi Luigi wrote The Hassled Hooker (1976)
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Some of his most renowned works include La scoperta dell'alfabeto, The Serpent, What Is This Buzzing, Do You Hear It Too?, Dopo il pescecane, Testa d'argento, Il fuoco greco, Le pietre volanti, Roman Ghosts, and Ithaca Forever: Penelope Speaks. Malerba also wrote several stories and novels for children, collaborating on some of them with Tonino Guerra.
