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Sergio Staino
Italian artist and film director (1940–2023) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sergio Staino (8 June 1940 – 21 October 2023) was an Italian comics author, satirist, and film director.
Biography
Staino was born in Piancastagnaio, in the province of Siena. After graduating with a degree in architecture, he moved to Scandicci. His comics debut was with Bobo, an autobiographical character, published in the magazine Linus starting in 1979.[1][2]
In the 1980s he began collaborating with the newspapers Il Messaggero and L'Unità. In 1986 he founded the satirical magazine Tango.[1][2] From 1987 to 1993 he directed satirical TV shows for Rai 3, such as Teletango and Cielito Lindo; in this period he also directed two movies, Cavalli si nasce (1989) and Non chiamarmi Omar (1992).[1]
In 2016 he published his autobiography, Io sono Bobo (Della Porta), written with journalists Fabio Galati and Laura Montanari. On 8 September 2016 he became the new editor of L'Unità.[3]
Long sick and almost blind for over two years,[4] Staino died on 21 October 2023, at the age of 83.[5][6] He was a member of the Union of Rationalist Atheists and Agnostics.[7][8]
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