Enrico Brizzi (born in Nice, November 20, 1974) is an Italian writer. He is best known for his novel Jack Frusciante è uscito dal gruppo. By now, his debut novel is the only one published in English (along with other 23 languages) and also inspired the same name Italian movie in 1996. Brizzi then published Bastogne, translated in French, German and Spanish, and five more novels for major Italian publishers; the more recent one in 2005 is Nessuno lo saprà - Viaggio a piedi dall'Argentario al Conero, based on a real life experience of a trekking through Tuscany, Umbria and the Marches from the Thyrrenian sea coast to the Adriatic sea one. In Italy, he's one of the most popular authors of his generation, and in 1999 he was elected with José Carreras, Ennio Morricone and seven more Italian celebrities to form "the ten quality judges' board" in Italy's biggest music event, the Festival di Sanremo. In 2006 Enrico Brizzi walked (and biked some) for three months from Canterbury to Rome along the ancient pilgrims' path known as Via Francigena. His reportage was published on issues 30-31-32-33-34 on Italian leading weekly magazine L’Espresso.
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Bibliography
Novels
- Jack Frusciante è uscito dal gruppo (Transeuropa, Ancona, 1994)
- Bastogne (Baldini & Castoldi, Milano, 1996)
- Tre ragazzi immaginari (Baldini & Castoldi, Milano, 1998)
- Elogio di Oscar Firmian e del suo impeccabile stile (Baldini & Castoldi, Milano, 1999)
- L'altro nome del rock (with Lorenzo Marzaduri) (Mondadori, Milano, 2001)
- Razorama (Mondadori, Milano, 2003)
- Nessuno lo saprà - Viaggio a piedi dall'Argentario al Conero (Mondadori, Milano, 2005)
Comics and graphic novels
- Lennon Guevara Bugatti (illustrated by Sauro Ciantini) (Comix, Modena, 1996)
- Apriti Sesamo - La vera storia di Alì Babà e i quaranta ladroni (illustrated by Bonvi) (Chiaroscuro-Pendragon, Bologna, 2005)
- Bastogne graphic novel (illustrated by Maurizio Manfredi) (Baldini Castoldi Dalai editore, Milano, 2006)
Filmography
Enrico Brizzi is credited along with director Enza Negroni, Massimo Canalini and Ennio Montanari as writer for the movie Jack Frusciante è uscito dal gruppo (Italy, 1996)
Discography
Enrico Brizzi & Frida X, Nessuno lo saprà. Reading per voce e rock 'n' roll band (Black Candy records, 2006). 70 minutes audio CD from the 2005-2006 reading tour with the italian band Frida X.
External links
- (Italian) Enrico Brizzi's official site
- (Italian) Fans' site
- (Italian) Enrico Brizzi's walking & bike trip on the Via Francigena
- Brizzi writing credits for Jack Frusciante... on IMDB
