Gianfranco Manfredi (26 November 1948 – 24 January 2025) was an Italian singer-songwriter, composer, author, screenwriter, actor and cartoonist.
Life and career Born in Senigallia, Manfredi graduated in History of Philosophy at the University of Milan with a thesis on Jean-Jacques Rousseau. pp. 275–6.
Manfredi debuted as a singer-songwriter in 1972 with La crisi, an album filled with political and social themes.Enzo Giannelli. "Gianfranco Manfredi". Gino Castaldo (edited by). Dizionario della canzone italiana. Curcio Editore, 1990. pp. 973–4. In 1973, he started working at the Italian Institute of History of Philosophy. Since 1974 he was also active as a songwriter for other artists, including Mia Martini, Mina, PFM, Wess & Dori Ghezzi, Drupi, Heather Parisi, Donatello.
Starting from the early 1980s, Manfredi almost completely abandoned music to focus on writing. He then published over a dozen novels and short stories, collaborated in various roles in several films, TV series, and plays, and created several comic series. He was also active as a musical critic and wrote essays on Adriano Celentano, Lucio Battisti, Enzo Jannacci and other Italian music artists.
Manfredi lived with his wife, Mirella, in Italy. His first daughter Diana Manfredi is a film director. He died on 24 January 2025, at the age of 76.Morto Gianfranco Manfredi, creatore dei fumetti di Magico Vento
Discography
Album
1972 – La crisi 1976 – Ma non è una malattia 1977 – Zombie di tutto il mondo unitevi 1978 – Biberon 1981 – Gianfranco Manfredi 1985 – Dodici (with Ricky Gianco) 1993 – In paradiso fa troppo caldo
Novels Magia rossa, Milan, Feltrinelli, 1983. ; Rome, Gargoyle, 2006. . Cromantica, Milan, Feltrinelli, 1985. ; Milan, Tropea, 2008. . Ultimi vampiri, Milan, Feltrinelli, 1987. ; extended version, Rome, Gargoyle, 2009. . Trainspotter, Milan, Feltrinelli, 1989. . Il peggio deve venire, Milan, Mondadori, 1992. . La fuga del cavallo morto, Milan, Anabasi, 1993. . Una fortuna d'annata, Milan, Tropea, 2000. . Il piccolo diavolo nero, Milan, Tropea, 2001. . Nelle tenebre mi apparve Gesù, Milan, Tropea, 2005. . Ho Freddo, Rome, Gargoyle, 2008. . Tecniche di resurrezione, Rome, Gargoyle, 2010. . La freccia verde, Milan, Mondadori, 2013. .
References
External links