Frindle is a middle-grade American children's novel written by Andrew Clements, illustrated by Brian Selznick, and published by Aladdin in 1996. It was the winner of the 2016 Phoenix Award, which is granted by the Children's Literature Association annually to recognize one English-language children's book published twenty years earlier that did not win a major literary award at the time of publication.
Ronald Gordon King-Smith OBE was an English writer of children's books, primarily using the pen name Dick King-Smith. He is best known for The Sheep-Pig (1983). It was adapted as the movie Babe (1995) and translations have been published in fifteen languages. He was awarded an Honorary Master of Education degree by the University of the West of England in 1999 and appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2010 New Year Honours.
Alessandro Baricco is an Italian writer, director and performer. His novels have been translated into a number of languages.
The Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa is a public university institution in Pisa and Florence, Tuscany, Italy, currently attended by about 600 undergraduate and postgraduate (PhD) students.
Education in Italy is compulsory from 6 to 16 years of age, and is divided into five stages: kindergarten, primary school, lower secondary school, upper secondary school and university (università). Education is free in Italy and free education is available to children of all nationalities who are residents in Italy. Italy has both a private and public education system.
Giovanni Gronchi, was an Italian politician from Christian Democracy who served as the president of Italy from 1955 to 1962 and was marked by a controversial and failed attempt to bring about an "opening to the left" in Italian politics. He was reputed the real holder of the executive power in Italy from 1955 to 1962, behind the various Prime Ministers of this time.
Paolo Villaggio was an Italian actor, voice actor, writer, director and comedian. He is noted for the characters he created with paradoxical and grotesque characteristics: Professor Kranz, the ultra-timid Giandomenico Fracchia, and the obsequious and meek accountant Ugo Fantozzi, perhaps the favourite character in Italian comedy. He wrote several books, usually of satirical character. He also acted in dramatic roles, and appeared in several movies.
Daniele Luchetti is an Italian film director, screenwriter and actor.
The Lady Is Fickle is a 1942 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Ferruccio Tagliavini, Fioretta Dolfi and Carlo Campanini. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Piero Filippone.
Christian De Sica is an Italian actor and film director.
Please Sir! is a 1971 British comedy film directed by Mark Stuart and starring John Alderton, Deryck Guyler and Carol Hawkins. Written by John Esmonde and Bob Larbey, it is a spin-off from the ITV television series Please Sir! (1968–1972). It was released by the Rank Organisation on 10 September 1971.
The Large Family is an animated children's television series based on the book series of the same name written by Jill Murphy and published by Walker Books in the United Kingdom. The series was produced by Indie Kids (later acquired by Coolabi, GO-N Productions, LuxAnimation and DQ Entertainment, with the participation of TF1, Playhouse Disney France and CBeebies, while GO-N Distribution and BBC Worldwide distribute it. The series focuses on a family of anthropomorphic elephants, the Larges. It consists of two seasons with 26 episodes of up to 12 minutes each.
Fuoriclasse is an Italian television series directed by Riccardo Donna and Tiziana Aristarco. It is loosely based on various works by Domenico Starnone and stars Luciana Littizzetto as teacher Isa Passamaglia. The synopsis of the series is similar to the story of the film La scuola (1995), also scripted by Starnone.
Rocco Antonio Papaleo is an Italian actor, film director and singer.
Angelo Ephrikian was an Italian musicologist and violinist of Armenian descent. His daughter, Laura Ephrikian, is an actress.
Valerio Jalongo is an Italian film director and screenwriter.
Secondary education in Italy lasts eight years and is divided in two stages: scuola secondaria di primo grado, also known as scuola media, corresponding to the ISCED 2011 Level 2, middle school and scuola secondaria di secondo grado, which corresponds to the ISCED 2011 Level 3, high school. The middle school lasts three years from the age of 11 to age 14, and the upper secondary from 14 to 19.
Unjustified Absence is a 1939 Italian "white-telephones" comedy film directed by Max Neufeld and starring Alida Valli, Amedeo Nazzari and Lilia Silvi. A girl leaves school to marry a doctor, but becomes annoyed by his constant absences and decides to secretly resume her studies.
Neri Parenti is an Italian film director and writer. He is known for comedy films, including the series starring Paolo Villaggio playing the character Ugo Fantozzi, and a later series of cinepanettoni—zany comedy films scheduled for release during the Christmas period.
La scuola più bella del mondo is a 2014 Italian comedy film directed by Luca Miniero.
