in various locations throughout Italy with varying structure and contents. Mostly it consisted of a two-night theatrical event in which Baricco himself, helped by director Gabriele Vacis, actor Eugenio Allegri and musician Daniele Sepe, would read and comment on bits of literature from all centuries and countries, accompanying them with music. In 2001 Rizzoli published the video of Totem recorded in Milan in 1997. Novecento, Feltrinelli 1994; The Legend of 1900 (1994) – originally a monologue for theater staged by director Gabriele Vacis, adapted in 1998 into a film by Giuseppe Tornatore, La leggenda del pianista sull'oceano, with music composed by Ennio Morricone. Davila Roa, staged only once by director Luca Ronconi. Reportedly a huge fiasco, it was never published in written form. Omero, Iliade, Feltrinelli 2004; An Iliad, Vintage International 2004 ( ) – a rewriting of Homer's Iliad consisting of 24 chapters, each telling a part of the story through the eyes and words of a prominent character in the poem. The theatrical event from which the book originated was staged only twice due to its logistic difficulties: it spanned over three nights during which the best contemporary Italian actors would impersonate one character each, eight per night. Palamedes - the cancelled hero, 2016; a theatrical event about Palamedes translated from ancient Greek by Andrea Marcolongo and staged by Baricco himself and the Italian actress Valeria Solarino. Cinema Partita Spagnola, Audino Editore 2003 (screenplay never shot). Lecture 21, 2008 (written and directed). Collected short writings Barnum. Cronache dal Grande Show, Feltrinelli 1995 Barnum 2. Altre cronache del Grande Show, Feltrinelli 1998 Next. Piccolo libro sulla globalizzazione e il mondo che verrà, Feltrinelli 2002 Il nuovo Barnum, Feltrinelli 2016 Essays Il genio in fuga. Sul teatro musicale di Rossini, Il Melangolo 1988, Einaudi 1997 L'anima di Hegel e le mucche del Wisconsin, Garzanti 1992 I Barbari, La Repubblica 2006 The Game, 2018 Awards Prix Médicis étranger — France Selezione Campiello — Italy Viareggio – Italy Palazzo al Bosco – Italy References External links Alessandro Baricco at the Berlin International Literature Festival 2002/03 1958 births Living people Writers from Turin Italian dramatists and playwrights Italian essayists Italian journalists Italian male journalists Italian literary critics Italian male short story writers Prix Médicis étranger winners Viareggio Prize winners University of Turin alumni Male essayists Italian male novelists 20th-century Italian male writers 21st-century Italian male writers 20th-century Italian novelists 21st-century Italian novelists Italian