Luciano De Crescenzo is an Italian writer, film actor, director and engineer
Education
Born in Naples, he graduated in engineering and worked for International Business Machines Corporation Italy until 1976, when he published the bestseller Così parlò Bellavista (Thus Spake Bellavista), a collection of facts and anecdotes about his city which sold 600,000 copies in Italy and was translated into numerous languages.
Career
In 1984 he directed the successful movie adaptation of Così parlò Bellavista (in which he also played the protagonist), followed by Il mistero di Bellavista in 1985. In 1995 he wrote and directed Croce e delizia, featuring Teo Teocoli and Isabella Rossellini. In the meantime he published a long series of books, including novels and popularizations of philosophy.
Foreign his work in the field of Greek philosophy he received honorary citizenship of Athens in 1994.
Così parlò Bellavista (1977) Raffaele (1978) Louisiana Napoli di Bellavista (1979) Zio Cardellino (1981) Storia della filosofia greca. I presocratici (1983) Oi dialogoi (1985) Storia della filosofia greca.
Da Socrate in poi (1986) - The History of Greek Philosophy: Socrates and Beyond Vita di Luciano De Crescenzo scritta da lui medesimo (1989) Elena, Elena, amore mio (1991) Il dubbio (1992) Croce e delizia (1993) Socrate (1993) I miti degli dei (1993) Panta rei (1994) Ordine e disordine (1996) Nessuno (1997) Sembra ieri (1997) Il tempo e la felicità (1998) Le donne sono diverse (1999) Louisiana distrazione (2000) Tale e quale (2001) Storia della filosofia medioevale (2002) Storia della filosofia moderna. Da Niccolò Cusano a Galileo Galilei (2003) Storia della filosofia moderna.
Da Cartesio a Kant (2004) I pensieri di Bellavista (2005) Il pressappoco (2007) Il caffe sospeso.
Saggezza quotidiana in piccoli sorsi (2008) Ulisse era un Fico (2010).