Spouse Mirella Lisignoli | ||
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Albums Ma non è una malattia, In paradiso fa troppo caldo Children Diana Manfredi, Elena Manfredi, Cora Manfredi Movies The Dark Side of Love, Love in First Class, The Paramedic, Miracoloni, The Spider Labyrinth |
Gianfranco manfredi dagli appennini alle bande
Gianfranco Manfredi (born 26 November 1948) is an Italian singer-songwriter, composer, author, screenwriter, actor and cartoonist.
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Life and career

Born in Senigallia, Manfredi graduated in History of Philosophy at the University of Milan with a thesis on Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

He debuted as a singer-songwriter in 1972 with La crisi, an album filled with political and social themes. In 1973 he started working at the Italian Institute of History of Philosophy. Since 1974 he was also active as a songwriter for other artists, including Mia Martini, Mina, PFM, Wess & Dori Ghezzi, Drupi, Heather Parisi, Donatello.

Starting from the early 1980s Manfredi almost completely abandoned the music to focus on writing. He has then published over a dozen novels and short stories, collaborated in various roles to several films, TV-series and plays, and created several comic series. He is also active as a musical critic, and wrote essays on Adriano Celentano, Lucio Battisti, Enzo Jannacci and other Italian music artists.
He lives with his wife Mirella in Italy. His first daughter Diana Manfredi is a film director.
Discography

Novels



Songs
Ma chi ha detto che non c'èMa non è una malattia · 1977
Quarto Oggiaro StoryMa non è una malattia · 1977
Zombie di tutto il mondo uniteviZombie di tutto il mondo unitevi · 2004