- Renato Simoni
Renato Simoni (
September 5 ,1875 inVerona –July 5 ,1952 inMilan ) was an Italian journalist, playwright, writer and theatrical critic noted for his collaboration work withGiuseppe Adami forPuccini ’sTurandot .Simoni’s career was entirely devoted to theater. His first job is as an editor and a critic at "L'Adige", a local Veronese newspaper company in his hometown. In 1902, he writes one of his best comedy theaters, "La Vedova", followed by "Carlo Gozzi" (1903), "Tramondo" (1906), "Congedo" (1910) and "Il matrimonio di Casanova" [ [http://www.cesil.com/0600/INGLESE/6luneng.htm Simoni from Lunario site] ] [ [http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renato_Simoni reference from Wiki Italy] ] .
In 1914, he succeeds John Pozza as an author and critic at
Corriere della Sera newspaper. He works for the company until the end of his life. He also hold a position as a director for a weekly magazine, "La Tradotta" [ [http://translate.google.com.my/translate?hl=en&sl=it&u=http://www.lfb.it/fff/giorn/aut/s/simoni.htm&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=8&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3DRenato%2BSimoni%26start%3D60%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN Simoni’s biography] ] .All his writings and critics were collected in volumes by Lucio Ridenti in 1951 under the title "Trent'anni di cronaca drammatica" and was published in 1960.
In 1952, Simoni donated 40,000 volumes of his writings and reviews to the Museum of La Scala and dedicated them to his mother, Livia [ [http://www.teatroallascala.org/en/museoscala/la_storia.html Simoni’s contributions to La Scala Museum] ] . The museum library was named "Biblioteca Livia Simoni", after his mother’s name.
Simoni died in Milan on July 5, 1952.
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* [http://translate.google.com.my/translate?hl=en&sl=it&u=http://www.lfb.it/fff/giorn/aut/s/simoni.htm&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=8&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3DRenato%2BSimoni%26start%3D60%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN Simoni short biography]
* [http://www.teatroallascala.org/en/museoscala/la_biblioteca.html Livia Simoni Library]
* [http://ses.library.usyd.edu.au/bitstream/2123/2169/2/02whole.pdf One of Simoni’s collaboration work]
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