Italy marks the centenary of beloved author of the Inspector Montalbano novels.Italy is staging a special programme of events to mark the centenary of the birth of the hugely popular Sicilian writer Andrea Camilleri, who died in Rome six years ago.Although he penned more than 100 books - selling 30 million copies - Camilleri will be best remembered for the Inspector Montalbano detective novels which have been translated into almost 40 languages and were adapted into a popular television series shown in Italy and around the world. Events planned for his centenary include the publication of around a dozen books by and about Camilleri, as well as meetings, concerts, awards, conferences and performances centred on the writer's personality and work. The Andrea Camilleri Fund, chaired by the writer's daughter Andreina, and the Camilleri 100 National Committee, have organised several initiatives taking place in September and October. The Taormina Arte Sicilia Foundation will stage two evening events dedicated to Camilleri in the magnificent setting of the Teatro Antico in Taormina on 5-6 September (details to be announced). Rome's Casa del Cinema will host a free open-air screening of a film of the final play written and performed by Camilleri, Conversazione su Tiresia, on 6 September at 21.00. Also in the capital, the Auditorium Parco della Musica Ennio Morricone will host another important event, titled Andrea Camilleri, Birth of a Legend. From the First Poems to the First Montalbano, with readings by 12 of Camilleri's former students at the National Academy of Dramatic Arts, and live music, on 14 September at 18.00. Rome's Teatro Quirino will present the first edition of the Andrea Camilleri-New Narrators Award on 20 September at 19.00. The award - organised by the Andrea Camilleri Fund and curated by Arianna Mortelliti, writer and the author's granddaughter - aims to promote writing in various forms. The southern city of Bari, where Camilleri directed several plays in the late 1950s, will host two special events under the title Welcome back to Bari, dear Camilleri, on 12-13 October. In Rome, the Dante Alighieri Society will celebrate Camilleri's centenary with a major exhibition at the Palazzo Firenze from 22 October to 29 November. Titled Scenes, Voices, Accents, Writings: The Infinite Theatre of Andrea Camilleri, the exhibition promises to be a fascinating journey through the writer's life and works. Born in Porto Empedocle on 6 September 1925, Camilleri died in Rome on 17 July 2019, at the age of 93, and is buried in the capital's Non-Catholic Cemetery.

Italy is staging a special programme of events to mark the centenary of the birth of the hugely popular Sicilian writer Andrea Camilleri, who six years ago. Although he penned more than 100 books - selling 30 million copies - Camilleri will be best remembered for the Inspector Montalbano detective novels which have been translated into almost 40 languages and were adapted into a popular television series shown in Italy and around the world. Events planned for his centenary include the publication of around a dozen books by and about Camilleri, as well as meetings, concerts, awards, conferences and performances centred on the writer's personality and work. The Andrea Camilleri Fund, chaired by the writer's daughter Andreina, and the Camilleri 100 National Committee, have organised several initiatives taking place in September and October. The Taormina Arte Sicilia Foundation will stage two evening events dedicated to Camilleri in the magnificent setting of the Teatro Antico in Taormina on 5-6 September (details to be announced). Rome's Casa del Cinema will host a free open-air screening of a film of the final play written and performed by Camilleri, Conversazione su Tiresia, on 6 September at 21.00. Also in the capital, the Auditorium Parco della Musica Ennio Morricone will host another important event, titled Andrea Camilleri, Birth of a Legend. From the First Poems to the First Montalbano, with readings by 12 of Camilleri's former students at the National Academy of Dramatic Arts, and live music, on 14 September at 18.00. Rome's Teatro Quirino will present the first edition of the Andrea Camilleri-New Narrators Award on 20 September at 19.00. The award - organised by the Andrea Camilleri Fund and curated by Arianna Mortelliti, writer and the author's granddaughter - aims to promote writing in various forms. The southern city of Bari, where Camilleri directed several plays in the late 1950s, will host two special events under the title Welcome back to Bari, dear Camilleri, on 12-13 October. In Rome, the Dante Alighieri Society will celebrate Camilleri's centenary with a major exhibition at the Palazzo Firenze from 22 October to 29 November. Titled Scenes, Voices, Accents, Writings: The Infinite Theatre of Andrea Camilleri, the exhibition promises to be a fascinating journey through the writer's life and works. Born in Porto Empedocle on 6 September 1925, Camilleri died in Rome on 17 July 2019, at the age of 93, and is buried in the capital's .