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Roberto Vecchioni Born June 25 1943 Is An Italian Singer-Songwriter And Writer. Edit Biography Vecchioni Was Born In Carate Brianza Province Of Milan To A Family Of Neapolitan Origin. In 1968 He Graduated In Ancient Literatures At The Università Cattolica Of Milan Where He Remained For Two Years As Assistant Lecturer Of History Of Religions. Later He Become Literature And History Teacher In A Milanese High School An Activity He Never Stopped. His Work For The Italian Music World Began In The Late 1960s As Songwriter For Singers Like Ornella Vanoni Gigliola Cinguetti Mina Iva Zanicchi And Others. His First Solo Album Is Parabola Of 1971. In 1973 He Took Part To The Sanremo Festival With "L'uomo Che Si Gioca Il Futuro A Dadi" Continuing To Released Works As Singer-Songwriter In The Following Years. His 1974 LP Il Re Non Si Diverte Obtained The Best Year's Album Award From The Italian Musical Critics. In 1976 He Published His First Successful Work Elisir But He Became Famous Only In The Following Year With Samarcanda. With This Work Vecchioni Gained A Fame As One Of The Most Skillful Italian Singer-Songwriters His Inspiration Draws Mainly From Autobiographical Themes Intermingled With Dreamy Literary And Historical Often Mythological Ones. His Friend Angelo Branduardi Played Violin In The LP. Vecchioni's Skills Were Confirmed In The Following Works Calabuig Stranamore E Altri Incidenti 1978 Where The Literature Citations Are Predominant And Robinson Come Salvarsi La Vita 1979 Where Instead The Autobiographical Inspiration Prevails. The Songs "Signor Giudice" And "Lettera Da Marsala" Of The Latter Work Deal With The Problems Vecchioni Had Had In The Preceding Years Respectively A Charge For Marijuana Possession From Which He Was Totally Unscathed And A Cause With Its Former Production House. The Following Album Montecristo Was Released Indeed By The Old And The New Labels Together. After Hollywood Hollywood Of 1982 Whose Songs Are Influenced By The World Of Cinema Vecchioni In 1984 Released The Double LP Il Grande Sogno "The Big Dream" In Which He Collected New Songs Together With New Versions Of His Past Successes. The Eponymous Song Featured Francesco De Gregori Playing Blues Harp. The LP Was Accompanied By His First Literary Attempt A Short Book With The Same Name. Many Of The Cover Of Vecchioni's LPs Of This Period Were Disegned By The Famous Italian Comic Book Artist And Painter Andrea Pazienza. While Continuing A Successful Career As A Renowned Singer-Songwriter In The 1980s And The 1990s Vecchioni Increased His Work As A Writer. His Prose Works Include The Story Collection Viaggi Nel Tempo Immobile 1996 And The Novels Le Parole Non Potrano Le Cicogne 2000 And Il Libraio Di Selinunte. He Also Taught History Of Italian Author Music For Two Years And Was Called To Writer The Enciclopedia Treccani Article About Italian Singer-Songwriters. His Best Late Works Include Sogna Ragazzo Sogna "Dream Boy Dream" Of 1999 And Il Lanciatore Di Coltelli "The Knife Thrower" Of 2002. read less