Achille Campanile (28 September 1899–4 January 1977) was an Italian writer, playwright, journalist and television critic known for his surreal humour and word play. Biography Campanile was born in Rome in 1899. He contributed to the newspapers La tribuna, L'Idea Nazionale and the satirical magazine Il Travaso delle idee. In 1925 he published his first theatre work entitled L’inventore del cavallo which was a single act play. Works Ma che cos'è questo amore (1924) Se la luna mi porta fortuna (1927) Agosto, moglie mia non-ti conosco (1930) In campagna è un'altra cosa (1931) Cantilena all'angolo della strada (1933) Celestino e la famiglia Gentilissimi (1942) Il povero Piero (1959) Amiamoci in fretta (1962) L'inventore del cavallo e altre quindici commedie (1971) Manuale di conversazione (1973) Asparagi e immortalità dell'anima (1974) Vite degli uomini illustri (1975) L'eroe (1976) Tragedie in due battute (1978) References External links Italian dramatists and playwrights Italian male journalists Italian television critics Italian humorists 1899 births 1977 deaths Writers from Rome Viareggio Prize winners 20th-century Italian dramatists and playwrights Italian male dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Italian male writers 20th-century Italian journalists