Giorgio van Straten
Encyclopedia
Giorgio van Straten is an Italian writer, editor, translator and manager of arts organizations. In 2000 he was awarded the Grand Official Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
. That same year he won four literary prizes for Il mio nome a memoria, published in English
as My Name, A Living Memory (2003).
From 1985 to 2002 Van Straten was the chairman of the Orchestra of Tuscany. From 2002 to 2005 he was general director of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. From 2005 to 2008 he managed Palazzo delle Esposizioni e Scuderie del Quirinale in Rome. On February 18, 2009 he was appointed by the Parliamentary Commission for general direction and supervision of broadcasting services to the Board of Directors of the RAI
. He also served as president of AGIS, the Italian association for the performing arts.
Italian orders of merit
There are five orders of knighthood awarded in recognition of service to the Italian Republic. Below these sit a number of other decorations, associated and otherwise, that do not confer knighthoods...
. That same year he won four literary prizes for Il mio nome a memoria, published in English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
as My Name, A Living Memory (2003).
From 1985 to 2002 Van Straten was the chairman of the Orchestra of Tuscany. From 2002 to 2005 he was general director of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. From 2005 to 2008 he managed Palazzo delle Esposizioni e Scuderie del Quirinale in Rome. On February 18, 2009 he was appointed by the Parliamentary Commission for general direction and supervision of broadcasting services to the Board of Directors of the RAI
RAI
RAI — Radiotelevisione italiana S.p.A. known until 1954 as Radio Audizioni Italiane, is the Italian state owned public service broadcaster controlled by the Ministry of Economic Development. Rai is the biggest television company in Italy...
. He also served as president of AGIS, the Italian association for the performing arts.
Books written
- Generazione (1987)
- Hai sbagliato foresta (1989)
- Ritmi per il nostro ballo (1992)
- Corruzione (1995)
- Il mio nome a memoria (2000)
- L'impegno spaesato (2002)
- La verità non serve a niente (2008)
Honors and awards
- Grand Official Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (2000)
- Adei-Wizo Prize (2000)
- Procida-Isola di Arturo-Elsa Morante Prize (2000)
- Viareggio PrizeViareggio PrizeThe Viareggio Literary Prize is a prestigious Italian literary award, whose first edition was in 1930, and is named after the Tuscan city of Viareggio...
(2000) - Zerilli-Marimò Prize for Italian FictionZerilli-Marimò Prize for Italian FictionThe Zerilli-Marimò Prize for Italian Fiction is an Italian American literary award funded by Baroness Mariuccia Zerilli-Marimò. The award winning book is selected as being especially worthy of the attention of readers in North America and the English-speaking world...
(2000)
External links
- Giorgio van Straten at Festivalleteratura