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| Born | 26 November 1948 Senigallia, Ancona, Italy |
Gianfranco Manfredi (born 26 November 1948) is an Italian singer-songwriter, composer, author, screenwriter, actor and cartoonist.
Gianfranco Manfredi | |
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| Born | 26 November 1948 Senigallia, Ancona, Italy |
Gianfranco Manfredi (born 26 November 1948) is an Italian singer-songwriter, composer, author, screenwriter, actor and cartoonist.
Born in Senigallia, Manfredi graduated in History of Philosophy at the University of Milan with a thesis on Jean-Jacques Rousseau. [1]
He debuted as a singer-songwriter in 1972 with La crisi, an album filled with political and social themes. [1] [2] In 1973 he started working at the Italian Institute of History of Philosophy. Since 1974 he was also active as a songwriter for other artists, including Mia Martini, Mina, PFM, Wess & Dori Ghezzi, Drupi, Heather Parisi, Donatello. [2] [1]
Starting from the early 1980s Manfredi almost completely abandoned the music to focus on writing. He has then published over a dozen novels and short stories, collaborated in various roles to several films, TV-series and plays, and created several comic series. [2] [1] He is also active as a musical critic, and wrote essays on Adriano Celentano, Lucio Battisti, Enzo Jannacci and other Italian music artists. [2] [1]
He lives with his wife Mirella in Italy. His first daughter Diana Manfredi is a film director.
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