Giorgio Scerbanenco was born in Kyiv, in what was then the Russian Empire. At an early age, his family immigrated to Rome (Scerbanenco's father was Ukrainian, his mother was Italian), and then he moved to Milan when he was 18 years old.
He found work as a freelance writer for many Italian magazines, chief among them Annabella before becoming a novelist. His first fiction books were detective novels set in the United States and clearly inspired by the works of Edgar Wallace and S.S. Van Dine signed with an English-sounding pen name. While Scerbanenco wrote in several genres, he is famous in Italy for his crime and detective novels, many of which have been dramatized in Italian film and television [1]. These include the series of novels with main character Duca Lamberti, a physician struck off the register for having performed a euthanasia, and turned detective (Venere privata - A Private Venus, 1966; Traditori di tutti - Betrayers of All, 1966; I ragazzi del massacro - The Boys of the Massacre, 1968; I milanesi ammazzano al sabato - The Milanese kill on Saturday, 1969), as well as Sei giorni di preavviso (Six Days of Notice), his first novel. He died of a heart attack in Milan on 27 October 1969. As well as in Milan, the writer lived for a long period in Lignano Sabbiadoro, a town on the Adriatic Sea in Friuli-Venezia Giulia. The town holds his archive.
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Scerbanenco was a frail, shy man, and his style was notable for the realistic way in which conveyed and evoked the helplessness and despair of weak people being cruelly victimized.
His depiction of female characters is based on his years of experience answering the letters of women magazines' readers.
His virulent anti-communism stemmed from the trauma of losing his father during the Russian revolution, the trauma of exile and the meager life in Rome which followed it. This political position hampered his critical success in Italy but international critics (especially in France) praised him, despite Scerbanenco being considered nothing more than a genre writer in his homeland.
His writing, in the best known books, is Milanocentric, seldom if ever referencing other cities and regions of Italy, showing a degree of sympathy and appreciation for the Lombard city and its inhabitants which is rarely to be found in other writers. While denouncing the evils of the rampant consumeristic and greedy way of life taking hold from the 60s onward Scerbanenco always has a warm word for the peaceful, quiet, hard-working Milanese.
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Giorgio Scerbanenco news newspapers books scholar JSTOR June 2018 Learn how and when to remove this message Giorgio Scerbanenco Italian pronunciation ˈdʒordʒo ʃʃerbaˈnɛŋko Russian Vladimir Sherbanenko romanized Vladimir Shcherbanenko Ukrainian Volodimir Sherbanenko romanized Volodymyr Shcherbanenko 18 July 1911 27 October 1969 was a Ukrainian born Italian crime fiction writer 1 Giorgio Scerbanenco Contents 1 Life and works 2 Style 3 Honours 4 Bibliography 5 Film and television adaptations 6 References 7 External linksLife and works editGiorgio Scerbanenco was born in Kyiv in what was then the Russian Empire At an early age his family immigrated to Rome Scerbanenco s father was Ukrainian his mother was Italian and then he moved to Milan when he was 18 years old He found work as a freelance writer for many Italian magazines chief among them Annabella before becoming a novelist His first fiction books were detective novels set in the United States and clearly inspired by the works of Edgar Wallace and S S Van Dine signed with an English sounding pen name While Scerbanenco wrote in several genres he is famous in Italy for his crime and detective novels many of which have been dramatized in Italian film and television 1 These include the series of novels with main character Duca Lamberti a physician struck off the register for having performed a euthanasia and turned detective Venere privata A Private Venus 1966 Traditori di tutti Betrayers of All 1966 I ragazzi del massacro The Boys of the Massacre 1968 I milanesi ammazzano al sabato The Milanese kill on Saturday 1969 as well as Sei giorni di preavviso Six Days of Notice his first novel He died of a heart attack in Milan on 27 October 1969 As well as in Milan the writer lived for a long period in Lignano Sabbiadoro a town on the Adriatic Sea in Friuli Venezia Giulia The town holds his archive Style editScerbanenco was a frail shy man and his style was notable for the realistic way in which conveyed and evoked the helplessness and despair of weak people being cruelly victimized His depiction of female characters is based on his years of experience answering the letters of women magazines readers His virulent anti communism stemmed from the trauma of losing his father during the Russian revolution the trauma of exile and the meager life in Rome which followed it This political position hampered his critical success in Italy but international critics especially in France praised him despite Scerbanenco being considered nothing more than a genre writer in his homeland His writing in the best known books is Milanocentric seldom if ever referencing other cities and regions of Italy showing a degree of sympathy and appreciation for the Lombard city and its inhabitants which is rarely to be found in other writers While denouncing the evils of the rampant consumeristic and greedy way of life taking hold from the 60s onward Scerbanenco always has a warm word for the peaceful quiet hard working Milanese Honours editAsteroid 49441 Scerbanenco discovered by astronomers at the San Vittore Observatory in 1998 was named in his memory 1 The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 31 March 2018 M P C 109632 2 Bibliography editMain article Giorgio Scerbanenco bibliographyFilm and television adaptations editNaked Violence I ragazzi del massacro directed by Fernando Di Leo 1969 Safety Catch Cran d arret directed by Yves Boisset 1970 La morte risale a ieri sera directed by Duccio Tessari 1970 Caliber 9 Milano calibro 9 directed by Fernando Di Leo 1972 The Italian Connection La mala ordina directed by Fernando Di Leo 1972 The Killer Must Kill Again L assassino e costretto ad uccidere ancora directed by Luigi Cozzi 1975 Young Violent Dangerous Liberi armati pericolosi directed by Romolo Guerrieri 1976 Quattro delitti TV film directed by Alberto Siron Gian Pietro Calasso and Vittorio Melloni 1979 La ragazza dell addio TV film directed by Daniele D Anza 1984 Appuntamento a Trieste TV miniseries directed by Bruno Mattei 1989 L uomo che non voleva morire TV film directed by Lamberto Bava 1989 Dispara directed by Carlos Saura 1993 Occhio di falco serie TV serial directed by Vittorio De Sisti 1996 References edit a b 49441 Scerbanenco 1998 YM6 Minor Planet Center Retrieved 7 June 2018 MPC MPO MPS Archive Minor Planet Center Retrieved 7 June 2018 External links editCecchetti Valentino 2018 SCERBANENCO Giorgio Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani Volume 91 Savoia Semeria in Italian Rome Istituto dell Enciclopedia Italiana ISBN 978 8 81200032 6 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Giorgio Scerbanenco amp oldid 1220379809, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
