Targa Tenco as "song of the year". The last song of the album, Smisurata preghiera summarizes the work of the writer Álvaro Mutis; De André released also a version in Portuguese of the song (Desmedida plegaria) included in the score of the film Ilona Arrives with the Rain. The song was awarded the Lunezia Prize. In 1996 De André also wrote his only novel, Un destino ridicolo together with the writer Alessandro Gennari. Later, in 2008, this novel provides the inspiration for the film Amore che vieni, amore che vai. In 1997 he recorded a new version of Marinella, this time in duo with Mina, included in the compilation Mi innamoravo di tutto. During the two years 1997–1998, De André made the longest tour of his entire career, playing in arenas, open spaces and theaters. Some of the summer dates were opened by the poet and songwriter Oliviero Malaspina, with whom was planning a collaboration also for the next studio album. However, this long tour had to be interrupted because of the first sings of health problems. Then, he was diagnosed a lung cancer. Fabrizio De André died in Milan on the 11 of January 1999. Two days later, the public funerals took place in the basilique of Santa Maria Assunta in Carignano (Genoa) in front of a large audience of participants. De André was then buried in the family chapel in the Monumental Cemetery of Staglieno. Discography Albums Volume 1 (1967) Tutti morimmo a stento (1968) Volume 3 (1968) La buona novella (1970) Non al denaro non all'amore né al cielo (1971) Storia di un impiegato (1973) Canzoni (1974) Volume 8 (1975) Rimini (1978) Fabrizio De André (1981) Crêuza de mä (1984) Le nuvole (1990) Anime salve (1996) Compilations Tutto Fabrizio De André (1966) La canzone di Marinella (1968) Nuvole barocche (1968) Fabrizio De André (also known as the Black Anthology) (1976) Fabrizio De André (also known as the Blue Anthology) (1986) Il viaggio (1991) La canzone di Marinella (1995, reissue) Mi innamoravo di tutto (1997) Da Genova (1999) Peccati di gioventù (2000) In direzione ostinata e contraria (2005) In direzione ostinata e contraria 2 (2006) Effedia: Sulla mia cattiva strada (2008) Live albums Fabrizio De André in Concerto (1979) Fabrizio De André in Concerto vol. 2 (1980) 1991 concerti (1991) In concerto (1999) (A selection of songs from De André's last-ever filmed concerts, released in their entirety on