Luca Di Fulvio

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Luca Di Fulvio
Di Fulvio in 2021
Born13 May 1957 (1957-05-13)
Rome, Italy
Died31 May 2023 (2023-06-01) (aged 66)
Rome, Italy
OccupationWriter

Luca Di Fulvio (13 May 1957 – 31 May 2023), also known by the pen name Duke J. Blanco, was an Italian novelist and stage actor.

Life and career[edit]

Born in Rome, Di Fulvio studied at the Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico, and then started his acting career, first being a member of The Living Theatre and later working on stage with Andrzej Wajda and with the theatrical company La Festa Mobile.[1]

After working as an editorial consultant for several publishing houses,[2] Di Fulvio made his literary debut in 1998, with the novel Zelter.[1] He had his breakout in 2000, with his crime novel The Mannequin Man (Italian: L'impagliatore), which in 2004 was adapted in the film Eyes of Crystal.[1][2] Among his best known works were the historical epic novels La scala di Dioniso ("The Dionysus' Staircase", 2006), The Boy Who Granted Dreams (Italian: La gang dei sogni, 2008), and The Girl who Reached for the Stars (Italian: La ragazza che toccava il cielo, 2015).[3][4] More successful in France and Germany than in his home country, several of his later novels were first released abroad rather than in Italy.[3] His 2020 novel La ballata della Città Eterna ("The Ballad of the Eternal City") was finalist at the 2021 Premio Bancarella.[2]

Di Fulvio died of ALS on 31 May 2023, at the age of 66.[3][4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Di Fulvio, Luca". Enciclopedia Treccani (in Italian). Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  2. ^ a b c Redazione Cultura (1 June 2023). "È morto lo scrittore Luca Di Fulvio, era malato di SLA: "Resterà sempre con noi"". Fanpage.it (in Italian). Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  3. ^ a b c Barbàra, Ugo (4 June 2023). "Incredibile e triste storia di Luca Di Fulvio, scrittore amato all'estero e (quasi) ignorato in Italia". Agi (in Italian). Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  4. ^ a b Bajos, Sandrine (1 June 2023). "Disparition : le romancier Luca Di Fulvio est décédé de la maladie de Charcot". Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 13 June 2023.

External links[edit]

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