Erri DE LUCA

Born in Naples in 1950, Erri De Luca has written novels, plays, translations and poetry. His first novel, Non ora, non qui, was published in Italy in 1989. His books have been translated into over 30 languages. He has taught himself Swahili, Russian, Yiddish and Ancient Hebrew, and has translated sections of the Old Testament. He wrote the screenplays for the short films Di la’ del vetro and The Nightshift Belongs To the Stars (which won an award at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York in 2013), the musical biography A Musical Imprinting and the documentary film Trees that Walk. He translated into Neapolitan the Jean Cocteau play The Human Voice, which featured Sophia Loren. His plays include Through (Mario Brunello, Gabriele Mirabassi, Marco Paolini, Gianmaria Testa); Chisciotte e gli invincibili (Gabriele Mirabassi and Gianmaria Testa); In nome della madre (Sara Cianfriglia and Simone Gandolfo); In viaggio con Aurora (Aurora De Luca); and Chisciottimista (Gabriele Mirabassi and Gianmaria Testa). He is a keen mountain climber. He lives in the Roman Campagna and continues to plant trees.

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