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Ascanio Celestini

アスカニオ・チェレスティーニ

Ascanio Celestini

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1972-06-01 （Rome）
Nationality
Italian
Languages
Italian
Residence History
Rome → Milan → Brussels → Paris

Career

Occupations
actor, director, writer, playwright
Active Years
1998-

Education

Unknown (university)
Anthropology and Literature
Country: Italy
Studied anthropology and literature at university (specific institution not stated in source)

Awards

Premio Ubu (special section)
2002
Category: 特別部門
Organization: Premio Ubu
Result: 受賞
Premio Gassman (best young talent)
2004
Category: 若手賞
Organization: Premio Gassman
Result: 受賞
Premio Fiesole Under 40 Fiction
2005
Organization: Premio Fiesole
Result: 受賞
Premio Ubu (new Italian works section)
2005
Category: 新作部門
Organization: Premio Ubu
Result: 受賞
Premio Flaiano
2006
Organization: Premio Flaiano
Result: 受賞
Premio Città del Diario (Archivio Diaristico Nazionale)
2006
Organization: Archivio Diaristico Nazionale
Result: 受賞
Sulmonacinema Film Festival: Best Actor
2010
Work: La pecora nera (The Black Sheep)
Category: 映画
Organization: Sulmonacinema
Result: 受賞
Ciak d'oro (Miglior Opera Prima)
2011
Work: La pecora nera (The Black Sheep)
Category: 最優秀監督デビュー
Organization: Ciak d'oro
Result: 受賞
Bobbio Film Festival (Premio "Gobbo d'oro")
2011
Work: La pecora nera (The Black Sheep)
Category: 最優秀作品
Organization: Bobbio Film Festival
Result: 受賞
Premio Dessì
2011
Organization: Premio Dessì
Result: 受賞
Animavì - Cinema d'Animazione e Arte Poetica (Bronzo Dorato Arte teatrale)
2016
Category: 演劇部門
Organization: Animavì
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Cecafumo. Stories to be read aloud

2002 play / oral storytelling

A work weaving Italian folk tales and stories in a read-aloud format. Editions exist with accompanying audio.

oral traditionfolk tales

Fabbrica

2003 play / social drama

A theatrical tale presented as a letter about three generations of workers from the late 19th century to the 1990s.

workclass

Radio clandestina

2000 play / memory drama

A play on the Ardeatine massacre, connecting historical memory with personal testimony.

memorywar

La pecora nera (The Black Sheep)

2006 novel / play

A work portraying asylums and people marginalized by society. Later adapted into a film directed by Celestini himself.

psychiatric caremarginalizationsocial critique
Adaptations
  • [film] La pecora nera (The Black Sheep) / Ascanio Celestini (2010)

Storie di uno scemo di guerra

2005 novel / memoir

Based on his father's wartime stories; explores the intersection of personal memory and historical fact.

personal historywar memory

Lotta di Classe

2009 play / political theatre

Based on an ever-changing performance addressing precarious work and labor issues.

precarious workpolitics

Bibliography

  • Cicoria. In fondo al mondo, Pasolini
  • Cecafumo. Stories to be read aloud (2002)
  • Fabbrica. Theatrical tale in the form of a letter (2003)
  • Radio Clandestina. Memory of the Fosse Ardeatine (2005)
  • Storie di uno scemo di guerra (2005)
  • La pecora nera (2006)
  • Lotta di Classe (2009)
  • Io cammino in fila indiana (2011)
  • Pro patria (2012)
  • Barzellette (2019)

Adaptations

  • La pecora nera (2010) - directed and written by Ascanio Celestini (film)
  • Parole sante (2007) - documentary (directed by Ascanio Celestini)
  • Viva la sposa (2015) - directed and written by Ascanio Celestini (film)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
teatro di narrazione (narrative theatre)minimalist stagingmonologue-driven performance
Recurring Motifs
oral traditionmemory and historylabor and classmarginalized people

Legacy

Ascanio Celestini has been an influential figure in contemporary Italian theatre, particularly in narrative theatre (teatro di narrazione). Through engagement with social memory, labor issues and marginalized people he has blurred the lines between literature and theatre; many of his stage works have been published and adapted for film.

Archives

  • Archivio Diaristico Nazionale (related awarding organization)

In Popular Culture

  • Became widely known through appearances at national and international festivals, participation in films, and work on radio and television.

Trivia

  • His stage works are often performed with minimal staging.
  • Released his first LP 'Parole sante' in 2007, compiling songs from his plays and documentary audio.
  • 'La pecora nera' was published as a book and later adapted into a film he directed.