Luca Di Fulvio
Di Fulvio in 2021
Born13 May 1957 (1957-05-13)
Rome, Italy
Died31 May 2023 (2023-06-01) (aged 66)
Rome, Italy
OccupationWriter

Luca Di Fulvio (13 May 1957 – 31 May 2023), also known by the pen name Duke J. Blanco, was an Italian novelist and stage actor.

Life and career

Born in Rome, Di Fulvio studied at the Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico, and then started his acting career, first being a member of The Living Theatre and later working on stage with Andrzej Wajda and with the theatrical company La Festa Mobile.[1]

After working as an editorial consultant for several publishing houses,[2] Di Fulvio made his literary debut in 1998, with the novel Zelter.[1] He had his breakout in 2000, with his crime novel The Mannequin Man (Italian: L'impagliatore), which in 2004 was adapted in the film Eyes of Crystal.[1][2] Among his best known works were the historical epic novels La scala di Dioniso ("The Dionysus' Staircase", 2006), The Boy Who Granted Dreams (Italian: La gang dei sogni, 2008), and The Girl who Reached for the Stars (Italian: La ragazza che toccava il cielo, 2015).[3][4] More successful in France and Germany than in his home country, several of his later novels were first released abroad rather than in Italy.[3] His 2020 novel La ballata della Città Eterna ("The Ballad of the Eternal City") was finalist at the 2021 Premio Bancarella.[2]

Di Fulvio died of ALS on 31 May 2023, at the age of 66.[3][4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Di Fulvio, Luca". Enciclopedia Treccani (in Italian). Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 Redazione Cultura (1 June 2023). "È morto lo scrittore Luca Di Fulvio, era malato di SLA: "Resterà sempre con noi"". Fanpage.it (in Italian). Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 Barbàra, Ugo (4 June 2023). "Incredibile e triste storia di Luca Di Fulvio, scrittore amato all'estero e (quasi) ignorato in Italia". Agi (in Italian). Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  4. 1 2 Bajos, Sandrine (1 June 2023). "Disparition : le romancier Luca Di Fulvio est décédé de la maladie de Charcot". Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 13 June 2023.
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