Sergio Staino

Sergio Staino
Staino in 2016
Born(1940-06-08)June 8, 1940
Piancastagnaio, province of Siena, Italy
DiedOctober 21, 2023(2023-10-21) (aged 83)
Lazio, Italy
NationalityItalian
Area(s)Cartoonist, Satirist, Director
AwardsU Giancu's Prize, 2004

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 from COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.[5][6] He was a member of the Union of Rationalist Atheists and Agnostics.[7][8]

References

  1. ^ a b c Redazione Cultura (21 October 2023). "È morto Sergio Staino, il fumettista "papà" di Bobo". la Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  2. ^ a b Abruzzese, Alberto (1994). "Tango, Natta, Staino e le polemiche col Pci". La stampa italiana nell'età della TV: 1975-1994. Laterza. pp. 429–32. ISBN 978-88-420-4509-0.
  3. ^ "Cambio all'Unità: arriva la coppia Staino-Romano. "Sarà un giornale più aperto"". la Repubblica. 8 September 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
  4. ^ Manconi, Luigi (12 November 2021). "Dialoghi. Sergio Staino: "L'arte di vedere nel buio"". la Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  5. ^ "È morto Sergio Staino". 21 October 2023.
  6. ^ "È morto Sergio Staino, il vignettista più famoso d'Italia". Il Tirreno (in Italian). 22 October 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  7. ^ Corradi, Marina (1 October 2017). "Il debutto su Avvenire. «Io, Staino, l'amarezza e un nuovo sorriso»". Avvenire (in Italian). Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  8. ^ Morra, Gianfranco (4 October 2017). "Sergio Staino non è cambiato. Avvenire sìi". Italia Oggi. No. 233. p. 6. Retrieved 23 October 2023.


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