Pasquale Panella

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Pasquale Panella
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Born12 January 1950 (1950-01-12) (age 75)
Rome, Italy
Occupation(s)Lyricist, writer

Pasquale Panella (born 12 January 1950) is an Italian lyricist, playwright, poet and novelist. He sometimes used the pen names Duchesca and Vanera.

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Life and career

Panella was born in Rome. After graduating from the Istituto Magistrale, he started his career as author and sometimes also actor of avant-garde theatre. In 1976, he began collaborating as a lyricist with Enzo Carella, notably writing the lyrics of "Barbara", which placed second at the 29th edition of the Sanremo Music Festival. [1] [2] [3]

In 1983, Panella was commissioned by Lucio Battisti the lyrics of the Battisti-produced Adriano Pappalardo's album Oh! Era Ora; starting from the 1986 album Don Giovanni , he then became the lyricist of Battisti's following albums. In the second half of the 1980s, he also started a successful and sometimes uncredited collaboration with Amedeo Minghi. His collaborations also include Zucchero Fornaciari, Mina, Mango, Premiata Forneria Marconi, Gianni Morandi, Angelo Branduardi, Marcella Bella, Anna Oxa, Mietta, Sergio Cammariere, Mino Reitano. [1] [2] [3]

He collaborated with Riccardo Cocciante writing the lyrics of the Italian versions of the stage musicals Notre-Dame de Paris and Giulietta e Romeo . [2]

Panella has also built a significant career as a book writer, distinguished by his poetic and experimental style. His literary works explore the evocative power of language, often challenging traditional narrative structures. In his books, such as Naso and Poema Bianco, refined wordplay emerges alongside a unique sensitivity to the written word, transforming it into a continuous flow of images and meanings. His writing, sometimes hermetic and sometimes ironic, creates a textual universe that reflects his worldview, where the boundary between poetry and prose dissolves, offering the reader an immersive and original experience. [4]

Literary works

Novels and short stories
Collections of poems

References

  1. 1 2 Eddy Anselmi (2009). Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana. Panini Comics, 2009. ISBN   978-8863462296.
  2. 1 2 3 Enrico Deregibus (8 October 2010). Dizionario completo della Canzone Italiana. Giunti Editore, 2010. ISBN   978-8809756250.
  3. 1 2 Ernesto Bassignano; Lalla Cantore. "Panella, Pasquale". Gino Castaldo (edited by). Dizionario della canzone italiana. Curcio Editore, 1990.
  4. "Pasquale Panella: la rivoluzione letteraria di Naso". Il Giornale Off. 6 September 2018.