Career
Born in Perugia, after graduating in law in 1960 Vaime was employed by Radiotelevisione Italiana, but he resigned almost immediately in order to have a wider artistic freedom. In 1963 he debuted as a playwright with the comedy I piedi al caldo, which was banned by Italian censorship shorty later its first representation at the Festival of Two Worlds in Spoleto. In 1971 he started a proficuous collaboration with the writer Italo Terzoli.
Their debut novel, Amore significa, was a bestseller and got over thirty editions.
From 1977, the couple also wrote a series of musicals and comedy plays for Garinei & Giovannini. Vaime is also author of several essays, notably Il varietà è morto (1989).
He is the author and presenter, since 1978, of the variety show Black Out, one of the longest running radio programs in Italy.
