

Around this time he joined the Italian Communist Party.From 1948 to 1950 Camilleri studied stage and film direction at the Silvio D-Amico Academy of Dramatic Arts, and began to take on work as a director and screenwriter, directing especially plays by Pirandello and Beckett. He is considered one of the greatest Italian writers of both 20th and 21st centuries.Originally from Porto Empedocle, Sicily, Camilleri began studies at the Faculty of Literature in 1944, without concluding them, meanwhile publishing poems and short stories. Around this time he joined the Italian Communist Party.FrĪndrea Camilleri (born septemin Porto Empedocle) was an Italian writer. Andrea CamilleriStephen Sartarelli(Translator)Īndrea Camilleri (born septemin Porto Empedocle) was an Italian writer.
