Luciano De Crescenzo (1928–2019) was an Italian engineer, writer, film actor, and director.
Born in Naples, De Crescenzo graduated in engineering. He worked for IBM Italy until 1976 when he published the bestseller Così parlò Bellavista (Thus Spake Bellavista: Naples, Love, and Liberty,) a collection of facts and anecdotes about his city. It sold 20 million copies in Italy and was translated into 25 languages. He also published a long series of books, including novels and popularizations of philosophy.
In the 1980s, De Crescenzo débuted as an actor in Il Pap’occhio (“In the Pope’s Eye.”) He directed the successful movie adaptation of Così parlò Bellavista (1984) and played the protagonist. As an actor and writer, he is known for the comedies known for 32 Dicembre (1988, ’32 December’) and Croce e delizia (1995, ‘Mixed blessing.’)
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We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can only fly by embracing one another.
—Luciano De Crescenzo
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