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Giorgio Scerbanenco

ジョルジョ・シェルバネンコ

Jorujo Sherubanenko

Aliases: Vladimir Shcherbanenko / Volodymyr Shcherbanenko

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1911-07-18 （Kyiv）
Died
1969-10-27 （Milan） age 58
Nationality
Italian, Ukrainian
Languages
Italian, Russian, Ukrainian
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Kyiv → Rome → Milan → Lignano Sabbiadoro

Career

Occupations
novelist, freelance writer
Active Years
1940-1969
Influenced By
Edgar Wallace, S.S. Van Dine

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Venere Privata / A Private Venus

1966 crime fiction

First in the Duca Lamberti series, featuring a doctor turned detective after euthanasia.

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Traditori di Tutti / Betrayers of All

1966 crime fiction

Duca Lamberti series.

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I Ragazzi del Massacro / The Boys of the Massacre

1968 crime fiction

Duca Lamberti series.

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Adaptations
  • [film] Naked Violence / Fernando Di Leo (1969)
  • [film] La Morte Risale a Ieri Sera / Duccio Tessari (1970)

I Milanesi Ammazzano al Sabato / The Milanese Kill on Saturday

1969 crime fiction

Final Duca Lamberti novel.

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Sei Giorni di Preavviso / Six Days of Notice

crime fiction

His first novel.

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Bibliography

  • Giorgio Scerbanenco bibliography

Adaptations

  • Naked Violence (1969, Fernando Di Leo)
  • Safety Catch (1970, Yves Boisset)
  • La Morte Risale a Ieri Sera (1970, Duccio Tessari)
  • Caliber 9 (1972, Fernando Di Leo)
  • The Italian Connection (1972, Fernando Di Leo)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
realistic styledepiction of helplessness and despairMilanocentric
Recurring Motifs
victimization of the weakanti-communismMilanese life

Health

  • heart disease
    晩年
    Died of heart attack

Legacy

Prolific Italian crime fiction writer whose works were adapted into films. Archive in Lignano Sabbiadoro. Asteroid named after him.

Museums

  • Scerbanenco Archive Lignano Sabbiadoro

Archives

  • Lignano Sabbiadoro town

In Popular Culture

  • Asteroid 49441 Scerbanenco named after him

Trivia

  • Born in Kyiv, Ukraine to Ukrainian father and Italian mother
  • Lost father during Russian Revolution
  • Frail and shy personality