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| Source | ID | Link | Books | Overlap |
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| GoodReads | 4476704 | not fetched yet | 0 | 0 |
| Amazon | no author ID (search by name) | https://www.amazon.com/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_27%3AGiorgio%20Monicelli | 0 | 0 |
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Date: 1961
About
Giorgio Monicelli (Tradate, May 21, 1910 – Milan, November 2, 1968) was an Italian translator and editor, stepbrother of the movie director Mario Monicelli.
Son of the playwright Tomaso Monicelli and nephew of Arnaldo Mondadori, the most famous and important Italian editor along with Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, he was the founder of Urania in 1952, a fondamental series of sci-fi books. He also invented the word "fantascienza" (italian word equivalent for "science fiction" in english language) and the responsable of the spreading of the genre in Italy. He worked for Urania till 1961, when he left for disagreements with Mondadori and was replace by Carlo Fruttero, who started an infamous period for Urania series due his censorship and arbitrary editing.
He also translated book of different genres, as some of his friends Ernest Hemingway, Malcolm Lowry, Robert Lowry and many others.
He died in 1968 for hepatic cirrhosis.
Son of the playwright Tomaso Monicelli and nephew of Arnaldo Mondadori, the most famous and important Italian editor along with Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, he was the founder of Urania in 1952, a fondamental series of sci-fi books. He also invented the word "fantascienza" (italian word equivalent for "science fiction" in english language) and the responsable of the spreading of the genre in Italy. He worked for Urania till 1961, when he left for disagreements with Mondadori and was replace by Carlo Fruttero, who started an infamous period for Urania series due his censorship and arbitrary editing.
He also translated book of different genres, as some of his friends Ernest Hemingway, Malcolm Lowry, Robert Lowry and many others.
He died in 1968 for hepatic cirrhosis.