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Manlio Sgalambro (; 9 December 1924 – 6 March 2014) was an Italian , , and born in .e


Early life and education
Beginning in 1945, Sgalambro wrote for Prisma, a review directed by Leonardo Grassi. His first philosophical work was Paralipomeni all'irrazionalismo. In 1947, he began studying law at the University of Catania. From 1959 to 1966, he published essays in the periodical of literature Incidenza, starting with Crepuscolo e notte (reprinted in 2011). During this time, he also wrote for the journal , edited by Nicola Chiaromonte and .


Career

Publication with Adelphi
In the late 1970s, Sgalambro began developing a more structured body of philosophical writing. At the age of 55, he sent his first book La Morte Del Dole to the editor . Adelphi went on to publish several of his works, including Treatise on Impiety, Anatol, On Short Thinking, Theological Dialogue, On Indifference in Matters of society, Consolation, Treatise on Age, De Mundo Pessimo, and Knowledge of the Worst and Of Crime.

During the early 1990s, Sgalambro worked with Fortunata De Martinis to establish a small publishing house based in under ' own name. Sgalambro's role included managing pamphlets, publishing a pair of works ( Dialogo sul comunismo and Contro la musica), and printing some by Giulio Cesare Vanini and .


Collaboration with Battiato
In 1993, during the presentation of a friend's poetry book, he met the musician Franco Battiato. Soon afterwards, Battiato proposed the for the opus Il cavaliere dell'intelletto, about Frederik II of Hohenstaufen.

In 1998, he wrote song lyrics for ( Emma), ( Il movimento del dare), ( Marie ti amiamo) and ( Non conosco nessun Patrizio). In 2000, he published the single La mer, containing the cover of the song by . In 2001, he published the album Fun Club, produced by Franco Battiato and Saro Cosentino, containing songs including La vie en rose (by Édith Piaf), Moon River (by ) and Me Gustas Tú (by ). In 2007, he performed the role of the DC-9 airliner in Pippo Pollina’s opera Ultimo volo (" Last flight"), which addressed the 1980 Ustica massacre. In 2009, he published the single La canzone della galassia, containing a cover of Galaxy Song (taken from 's The Meaning of Life), sung with the Sardinian-English group Mab.


Personal life
Sgalambro married in 1963, at the age of 39. He had five children: Elena, Simona, Riccardo, Irene, and Elisa. Faced with declining income from family-owned citrus orchards, he pursued a degree and later worked as a teacher.


Bibliography
  • La morte del sole (, 1982).
  • Trattato dell'empietà (, 1987, ).
  • Vom Tod der Sonne (German edition of La morte del sole, Hanser, 1988, ).
  • Del metodo ipocondriaco (Il Girasole, 1989).
  • La morte del sole (second edition, , 1996, ).
  • Trattato dell'empietà (second edition, , 2005, ).
  • Anatol (, 1990, ).
  • Anatol (French edition of Anatol, Circé, 1991, ).
  • Del pensare breve (, 1991, ).
  • Dialogo teologico (, 1993, ).
  • Contro la musica: sull'ethos della musica (De Martinis, 1994, ).
  • Dell'indifferenza in materia di società (, 1994, ).
  • De la pensée brève (French edition of Del pensare breve, Circé, 1995, ).
  • Dialogo sul comunismo (De Martinis, 1995, ).
  • La consolazione (, 1995, ).
  • Teoria della canzone (, 1997, ).
  • Nietzsche: frammenti di una biografia per versi e voce (, 1998, ).
  • Sphère de la mémoire & Éléments de théologie: dialogues philosophiques (French edition of Dialogo teologico, Circé, 1998, ).
  • Poesie (limited edition, La Pietra Infinita, 1999).
  • Trattato dell'età: una lezione di metafisica (, 1999, ).
  • Traité de l'âge: une leçon de métaphysique (French edition of Trattato dell'età, Payot, 2001, ).
  • Opus postumissimum: frammento di un poema (Giubbe Rosse, 2002).
  • De mundo pessimo (, 2004, ).
  • Quaternario: racconto parigino (Il Girasole, 2006).
  • Nietzsche: frammenti di una biografia per versi e voce (second edition, , 2006, ).
  • La conoscenza del peggio (, 2007, ).
  • Del delitto (, 2009, ).
  • La consolación (Spanish edition of La consolazione, Pre-Textos, 2009, ).
  • L'impiegato di filosofia (limited edition, La Pietra Infinita, 2010).
  • Crepuscolo e notte (Mesogea, 2011, ).
  • Nell'anno della pecora di ferro (Il Girasole, 2011, ).
  • Marcisce anche il pensiero: frammenti di un poema (, 2011, ).


Discography

Album
  • Fun club (Sony music entertainment Italy, 2001 – ).


Singoli
  • La mer (Sony music entertainment Italy, 2000).
  • Me gustas tú (Sony music entertainment Italy, 2001).
  • La canzone della galassia (Sony music entertainment Italy, 2009).


Videography

Videoclips
  • Tre poesie (2004).
  • La canzone della galassia (2009).


Collaborations

Literature
  • Arthur Schopenhauer, La filosofia delle università (, 1992 – ).
  • Giulio Cesare Vanini, Confutazione delle religioni (De Martinis, 1993).
  • , Discorso coerente sui rapporti tra Dio e il mondo (De Martinis, 1994).
  • Giuseppe Tornatore, Una pura formalità (De Martinis, 1994).
  • Maurizio Cosentino, I sistemi morali (Boemi, 1998).
  • Ottavio Cappellani, La morale del cavallo: trattato dei cavalieri (Nadir, 1998).
  • Tommaso Ottonieri, Elegia sanremese (Bompiani, 1998).
  • Domenico Trischitta, Daniela Rocca: il miraggio in celluloide (Boemi, 1999).
  • Salvo Basso, Dui (Prova d'autore, 1999).
  • Manlio Sgalambro & Davide Benati, Segrete (La pietra infinita, 2001).
  • Mariacatena De Leo & Luigi Ingaliso, Nell'antro del filosofo: dialogo con Manlio Sgalambro (Prova d'autore, 2002 – ).
  • Manlio Sgalambro, Silvia Batisti & Rossella Lisi, Opus postumissimum: frammento di un poema (Giubbe rosse, 2002).
  • Manlio Sgalambro & Antonio Contiero, Dolore e poesia (La pietra infinita, 2003).
  • Vincenzo Mollica, Franco Battiato: l'alba dentro l'imbrunire (Einaudi, 2004).
  • Riccardo Mondo & Luigi Turinese, Caro Hillman: venticinque scambi epistolari con James Hillman (Bollati Boringhieri, 2004 – ).
  • Antonio Contiero, Galleria Buenos Aires (Aliberti, 2006 – ).
  • Luca Farruggio, Bugie estatiche (Il filo, 2006 – ).
  • Bruno Monsaingeon, Incontro con Nadia Boulanger (Rue Ballu, 2007 – ).
  • Cristina Valenti, Ustica e le sue arti: percorsi tra impegno creatività e memoria (Titivillus, 2007 – ).
  • , In fondo sono contento di aver fatto la mia conoscenza (Bompiani & L'ottava, 2007).
  • Anna Vasta, I malnati (I quaderni del battello ebbro, 2007 – ).
  • Michele Falzone, Franco Battiato: la Sicilia che profuma d'oriente (Flaccovio, 2008 – ).
  • Arnold De Vos, Il giardino persiano (Samuele, 2009).
  • Angelo Scandurra, Quadreria dei poeti passanti (Bompiani, 2009 – ).
  • AA.VV., Catania: non vi sarà facile si può fare lo facciamo (ANCE, 2009).
  • , Don Gesualdo: con i contributi di Manlio Sgalambro e Antonio Di Grado (Bompiani & Kasba comunicazioni, 2010).
  • Domenico Cipriano, Novembre (Transeuropa, 2010 – ).
  • Carlo Guarrera, Occhi aperti spalancati (Mesogea, 2011).


Music

Album
  • , L'ombrello e la macchina da cucire ( & L'ottava, 1995 – ).
  • , L'imboscata ( & L'ottava, 1996 – ), released even in Spain as La emboscada ( & L'ottava, 1997 – ).
  • , L'imboscata tour ( & L'ottava, 1997)
  • , ( & L'ottava, 1998 – ).
  • , Fleurs (Universal music Italy & L'ottava, 1999 – ).
  • , Campi magnetici (Sony music entertainment Italy & L'ottava, 2000 – ).
  • , (Sony music entertainment Italy & L'ottava, 2001 – ), translated even in Spain as Hierro forjado (Sony music entertainment Italy & L'ottava, 2001 – ).
  • AA.VV., Invasioni (New scientist, 2001).
  • , Fleurs 3 (Sony music entertainment Italy & L'ottava, 2002 – ).
  • , Colonna sonora di Perduto amor (Sony music entertainment Italy & L'ottava, 2003 – ).
  • Alice, Viaggio in Italia (NuN entertainment, 2003 – ).
  • , Last summer dance (Sony music entertainment Italy & L'ottava, 2003 – ).
  • , (Sony music entertainment Italy & L'ottava, 2004 – ).
  • , Un soffio al cuore di natura elettrica (Sony music entertainment Italy & L'ottava, 2005 – ).
  • , (Universal music Italy & L'ottava, 2007 – ).
  • Pippo Pollina, Ultimo volo: orazione civile per Ustica (Storie di note, 2007 – ).
  • Lilies on Mars, Lilies on Mars (Lilies on Mars, 2008).
  • , Il movimento del dare (Sony music entertainment Italy, 2008 – ).
  • , Fleurs 2 (Universal music Italy & L'ottava, 2008 – ).
  • Alice, Lungo la strada (, 2009).
  • , Elettra (Universal music Italy & Narciso records, 2009 – ).
  • , (Universal music Italy & L'ottava, 2009 – ).
  • , Non conosco nessun Patrizio (Universal music Italy, 2010 – ).
  • , Per niente stanca (Universal music Italy & Narciso records).


Singles


Songs
  • L'ombrello e la macchina da cucire (1995 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro; music by ).
  • Breve invito a rinviare il suicidio (1995 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro; music by ).
  • Piccolo pub (1995 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro; music by ).
  • Fornicazione (1995 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro; music by ).
  • Gesualdo da Venosa (1995 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro; music by ).
  • Moto browniano (1995 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro; music by ).
  • Tao (1995 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro; music by ).
  • Un vecchio cameriere (1995 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro; music by ).
  • L'esistenza di Dio (1995 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro; music by ).
  • Di passaggio (1996 – lyrics by and Manlio Sgalambro; music by Franco Battiato).
  • Strani giorni (1996 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro; music by ).
  • (1996 – lyrics by and Manlio Sgalambro; music by Franco Battiato).
  • Ein Tag aus dem Leben des kleinen Johannes (1996 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro; music by ).
  • Amata solitudine (1996 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro; music by ).
  • Splendide previsioni (1996 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro and ; music by ).
  • Ecco com'è che va il mondo (1996 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro; music by ).
  • Segunda-feira (1996 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro; music by ).
  • Memoria di Giulia (1996 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro; music by ).
  • Serial killer (1996 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro; music by ).
  • Decline and fall of the Roman empire (1996 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro; music by ).
  • Shock in my town (1998 – lyrics by and Manlio Sgalambro; music by Franco Battiato).
  • Auto da fé (1998 – lyrics by and Manlio Sgalambro; music by Franco Battiato).
  • Casta diva (1998 – lyrics by and Manlio Sgalambro; music by Franco Battiato).
  • Il ballo del potere (1998 – lyrics by and Manlio Sgalambro; music by Franco Battiato).
  • La preda (1998 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro; music by ).
  • Il mantello e la spiga (1998 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro; music by ).
  • È stato molto bello (1998 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro; music by ).
  • Quello che fu (1998 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro; music by ).
  • Vite parallele (1998 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro; music by ).
  • E.Shackleton (1998 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro and ; music by ).
  • Stage door (1998 – lyrics by and Manlio Sgalambro; music by Franco Battiato).
  • Emma (1998 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro; music by ).
  • L'incantesimo (1998 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro; music by ).
  • Medievale (1999 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro; music by ).
  • Invito al viaggio (1999 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro; music by ).
  • Running against the grain (2001 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro and ; music by Franco Battiato).
  • Bist du bei mir (2001 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro and ; music by Franco Battiato).
  • La quiete dopo un addio (2001 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro and ; music by Franco Battiato).
  • Personalità empirica (2001 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro and ; music by Franco Battiato).
  • Il cammino interminabile (2001 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro; music by ).
  • Lontananze d'azzurro (2001 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro and ; music by Franco Battiato).
  • Sarcofagia (2001 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro; music by ).
  • Scherzo in minore (2001 – lyrics by and Manlio Sgalambro; music by Franco Battiato, and Stéphane Grappelli).
  • Il potere del canto (2001 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro; music by ).
  • Invasione di campo (2001 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro; music by Luca Nuzzolo).
  • Come un sigillo (2002 – lyrics by and Manlio Sgalambro; music by Franco Battiato).
  • Tra sesso e castità (2004 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro and ; music by Franco Battiato).
  • Le aquile non volano a stormi (2004 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro and ; music by Kinimori Yajima and Franco Battiato).
  • Ermeneutica (2004 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro and ; music by Franco Battiato).
  • Fortezza Bastiani (2004 – lyrics by and Manlio Sgalambro; music by Franco Battiato).
  • Odore di polvere da sparo (2004 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro; music by and ).
  • Conforto alla vita (2004 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro; music by ).
  • 23 coppie di cromosomi (2004 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro; music by and ).
  • Apparenza e realtà (2004 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro and ; music by Franco Battiato and ).
  • La porta dello spavento supremo (2004 – lyrics by and Manlio Sgalambro; music by Franco Battiato).
  • Il vuoto (2007 – lyrics by and Manlio Sgalambro; music by Franco Battiato).
  • I giorni della monotonia (2007 – lyrics by and Manlio Sgalambro; music by Franco Battiato).
  • Aspettando l'estate (2007 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro; music by ).
  • Niente è come sembra (2007 – lyrics by and Manlio Sgalambro; music by Franco Battiato).
  • Tiepido aprile (2007 – lyrics by and Manlio Sgalambro; music by Franco Battiato).
  • The game is over (2007 – lyrics by and Manlio Sgalambro; music by Franco Battiato).
  • Io chi sono (2007 – lyrics by and Manlio Sgalambro; music by Franco Battiato).
  • Stati di gioia (2007 – lyrics by and Manlio Sgalambro; music by Franco Battiato).
  • Il movimento del dare (2008 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro and ; music by Franco Battiato).
  • Tutto l'universo obbedisce all'amore (2008 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro; music by ).
  • Tibet (2008 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro and ; music by Franco Battiato).
  • Marie ti amiamo (2009 – lyrics by , and Manlio Sgalambro; music by Franco Battiato and Carmen Consoli).
  • Inneres Auge (2009 – lyrics by and Manlio Sgalambro; music by Franco Battiato).
  • 'U cuntu (2009 – lyrics by and Manlio Sgalambro; music by Franco Battiato).
  • Non conosco nessun Patrizio (2010 – lyrics by Manlio Sgalambro; music by and ).


Cinema

Movies, writer


Documentaries
  • Daniele Consoli, La verità sul caso del signor Ciprì e Maresco (Zelig, 2004).
  • Guido Cionini, Manlio Sgalambro: il consolatore (Nexmedia, 2006).
  • , Auguri don Gesualdo (Bompiani & Kasba comunicazioni, 2010 – ).


Videos


Theater
  • Manlio Sgalambro & , Il cavaliere dell'intelletto: opera in due atti per l'ottocentenario della nascita di Federico II di Svevia (1994).
  • Manlio Sgalambro & , Socrate impazzito (1995).
  • Manlio Sgalambro & , Gli Schopenhauer (1998).
  • , L'histoire du soldat (1999).
  • , Campi magnetici: i numeri non si possono amare (2000).
  • , Ultimo volo: orazione civile per ustica (2007).
  • Manlio Sgalambro, Carlo Guarrera & Rosalba Bentivoglio, Frammenti per versi e voce (2009).


Television


Curiosities

Music
  • In Di passaggio (from L'imboscata), he declaims in (ancient Greek):

  • In Invito al viaggio (from Fleurs), he declaims (in Italian):

  • In Corpi in movimento (from Campi magnetici), he declaims (in Italian):

Since 1996, he participates in almost every 's tours:

  • In '97 he declaims (in Latin) on Battiato's song Areknames (from Pollution), renamed for the occasion Canzone chimica:

  • In 2002, he sings a new version – with lyrics adapted philosophically – of Accetta il consiglio (taken from The big Kahuna), published the next year in live album Last summer dance.


Acting: movies
  • In (2003), he played Martino Alliata, philosophy teacher of the leading character ().
  • In Musikanten (2005), he played a nobleman from Siena.


Acting: theatre
  • He played the narrator in L'histoire du soldat and in Campi magnetici.


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