Nino Filastò (23 January 1938 – 29 December 2021) was an Italian lawyer and writer.[1] He was known for defending multiple militants of the far-left in the 1980s. He also wrote on significant events in 20th-century Italy, such as the Murder of Ermanno Lavorini, the Italicus Express bombing, and disaster of the Moby Prince.[2]
Nino Filastò | |
|---|---|
| Born | 23 January 1938 |
| Died | 29 December 2021 (aged 83) Florence, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Occupation(s) | Lawyer Writer |
Life and career
editFilastò was born in Florence on 23 January 1938,[3] where he spent the entirety of his working life. In addition to his law career, he wrote essays on the Monster of Florence and several novels. He had worked as the defender of exponents of the extreme left in the 1980s.[4] Filastò died on 29 December 2021, at the age of 83.[5][6]
Works
editNovels and short stories
edit- La proposta (1984)[7]
- La tana dell'oste (1986)
- Tre giorni nella vita dell'avvocato Scalzi (1989)
- Incubo di signora (1990)
- La moglie egiziana (1995)
- La notte delle rose nere (1997)
- Forza maggiore (2002)
- Il peposo di Maestro Filippo (2003)
- Aringa rossa (2004)
- L'alfabeto di Eden (2007)
Collections
edit- Fuga da Eden (1993)
Essays
edit- Pacciani innocente (1994)
- Storia delle merende infami (2005)
Awards
edit- Premio Tedeschi (1986)
References
edit- ^ Grumbach, Detlef (30 March 1998). "Nino Filastò: Nightmare with Signora". Deutschlandfunk (in German). Retrieved 16 August 2022.
- ^ "Moby Prince 6". Nove da Firenze (in Italian). 2 January 1997. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
- ^ "Nino Filastò, a lawyer involved in the trial for the crimes of the Monster, died in Florence". la Repubblica (in Italian). 29 December 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
- ^ l'Unità, 8 October 1980, p. 5.
- ^ "Mostro di Firenze, è morto l'avvocato e scrittore Nino Filastò: difese i "Compagni di merende"". La Stampa (in Italian). 29 December 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- ^ "The lawyer Antonino Filastò has died, defended Mario Vanni in the trial on the Monster of Florence". La Nazione (in Italian). Retrieved 16 August 2022.
- ^ "Author: Nino Filastò". Internet Speculative Fiction Database.