Barbara Alberti (born April 11, 1943) is an Italian writer, reporter and media personality.
Early life Alberti was born in Umbertide and grew up in a poor family; she was given a Catholic education. When she was 15, her family moved to Rome. Alberti has said that, although she hated the city at first sight, she eventually warmed to it. She attended Rome University and took a degree in philosophy.
Work She aims to fight the traditional feminine image. Her works include the picaresque evil Memorie Malvagie (1976) to the meditative Vangelo secondo Maria (1979), a stronger work tinged with humor and provocation such as Il signore è servito (1983), Povera bambina (1988), Parliamo d'amore (1989), Delirio e Gianna Nannini from Siena, both from 1991, and Il promesso sposo (1994), a profile dedicated to the art critic Vittorio Sgarbi and presented in the guise of a "fake" autobiography.
A humorous production is La donna è un animale stravagante davvero: ottanta ritratti ingiusti e capricciosi (1998), in which Alberti imaginged Don Giovanni beside some female figures of her generation. Her protagonists take on the same challenge: to find the happiness. Creatures in revolt: injudicious old, children of hell, hell, saints. She has been passionate about the fantastic biographies of existing characters, living and dead.
In 2003, Alberti published Gelosa di Majakovsky, a biography of the poet (for which, in the same year, she was awarded the Alghero Woman Prize), and The Prince's Steering Wheel, in which she told the life of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. In 2006 she authored a book of short stories about husbands returning home.
She is the author of many screenplays, including Anche gli angeli mangiano fagioli (1973), Il portiere di notte (1974) and Melissa P. (2005), as well as plays Ecce Homo.
Since 2009, she has written a weekly column, "La posta di Barbara Alberti" in Il Fatto Quotidiano.
Alberti worked as commentator/pundit on television talk shows, including Pomeriggio 5, Italia sul 2 and La guardiana del faro.
Personal life Alberti married producer and screenwriter Amedeo Pagani (three times). They have two children, Gloria Samuela (1966) and Malcom (1975). They first married in London to please her father, then in the Abbey of Casamari in Ciociaria to please Pagani's mother as she did not know about the London event, and for a third and last time "in the house of Ananias grandfather, my father's father, with lots of dancing on the threshing floor." Pagani left Alberti in the 1980s for Elisabetta Billi but returned to her fifteen years later because of the children. They never officially divorced and Alberti refers to him as "then-husband, now a dear relative". She does not believe in God, although she thinks there's a need of spirituality in the contemporary world.
Literary works Riprendetevi la faccia, Mondadori (2010) Il ritorno dei mariti, Mondadori (2006) Il Principe Volante, Playground (2004) Gelosa di Majakovskij, (1994) Il promesso sposo (a biography of Vittorio Sgarbi), Edoardo Sonzogno (1994) Vocabolario d'amore, Rizzoli (1994) La donna è un animale stravagante davvero, Frontiera Edizioni (1994) Gianna Nannini da Siena (a biography of Gianna Nannini), Mondadori (1991) Parliamo d'amore, Mondadori (1989) Dispetti divini, (1989) Povera bambina, Mondadori (1987) Tahiti Bill, Mondadori (1985) Buonanotte Angelo, Mondadori (1985) Scometto di sì, Mondadori (1984) Fulmini, Spirali, (1984) Il signore è servito, Mondadori (1983) Sbrigati mama, Mondadori (1983) Donna di piacere, Mondadori (1980) Vangelo secondo Maria, Mondadori (1978) Delirio, Mondadori (1977) Memorie malvage, (1976)
Filmography As screenwriter YearTitle Notes1969La stagione dei sensi1970Una prostituta al servizio del pubblico e in regola con le leggi dello statoSo Long Gulliver1972... All the Way, Boys!The Master and Margaret1974The Night Porter1975Blonde in Black LeatherColpita da improvviso benessere1976Mimì Bluette... fiore del mio giardinoLunatics and Lovers1977MaladolescenzaPensione paura1979Ernesto1981La disubbidienza1984Una donna allo specchio1992Angeli e Sud1997Donna di piacere1998Monella2005Melissa P.2009I Am Love2013L'arbitro2014Misunderstood2017La guerra dei cafoni2018The Man Who Bought the Moon2023Vangelo secondo Maria
Acting roles YearTitleRole(s) Notes2019The Goddess of FortuneElena Muscarà2022War – La guerra desiderataViolinistCameo appearance2024FragiliFilippaMiniseries
Television appearances YearTitleRole(s) Notes2005–2006La fattoriaOpinionistReality show (seasons 2–3)2008La talpaReality show (season 3)2009Italian AcademyJudgeReality competition2010–2013Pomeriggio CinqueOpinionistTalk show2013La guardiana del faroPresenterTalk show2018Celebrity MasterChef ItaliaContestantCooking competition2020Grande Fratello VIPReality show2020–2021Ogni mattinaOpinionistTalk show2022Alessandro Borghese: Celebrity ChefContestantCooking competition
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External links Page to be conductor of Radio24