Giuliano da Empoli
Giuliano da Empoli is an Italian writer and journalist. Since June 2009 he has been Deputy Mayor for culture in Florence.[1] He also functions as an executive board member at the Venice Biennale[2]
From 2006 to 2008 he served as Senior Advisor to Italy’s Vice-Prime Minister and Minister of Culture, Francesco Rutelli, establishing the first Italian Design Council in Milan.[3]
Born in Paris in 1973, he grew up in several European countries, graduated in law at Sapienza University of Rome and obtained a Master’s Degree in Political Science at the Institut d'études politiques of Paris.[4]
At the age of twenty-two he published his first book[5] "Un grande futuro dietro di noi" about the problems faced by the Italian youth, which sprung a national debate and led the newspaper La Stampa to designate him "Man of the year".[6]
Since then, he has published six more books that explore the new economy and its social and political consequences:
- "La Guerra del talento" (2000) about meritocracy and mobility in the digital economy ISBN 88-317-7401-8[7]
- "Overdose" (2002) about information overload ISBN 88-317-7966-4[8]
- "Fuori controllo" (2004)[9] about the "brazilification" of contemporary society (translated into French by Grasset[10] and Brazilian Portuguese by Sulina[11]) ISBN 88-317-8659-8[12]
- "La sindrome di Meucci" (2005) about Italy’s creative industries ISBN 88-317-8923-6[13]
- "Canton Express" (2008), a historical travelogue (translated into Portuguese by Livraria Bertrand) ISBN 978-88-06-19212-9[14]
- "Obama, La politica nell’era di Facebook" (2008) about Barack Obama’s election as an example of auto-biographical politics[15]
Since 1996 he has been a regular contributor and columnist for the country’s leading printed media, including Il Corriere della Sera, La Repubblica, Il Sole 24 Ore and Il Riformista. He also hosted a weekly talk radio show on Italy’s main financial news radio, Radio 24. As an author and social commentator, he has been regularly appearing on all of the main Italian TV channels.[16]
He is member of the Italy-USA Foundation.
He has been a guest speaker at numerous conferences around the world (including Sao Paulo's ESPM, Geneva's Finance Foundation, Paris' Foundation Ricard and Zurich's Club Baur au Lac) and is a member of The Travellers Club[17] in Paris.
References
- ↑ Con Renzi il fondatore di Dada e Giuliano da Empoli, Il Corriere della Sera, 28 giugno 2009
- ↑ Biennale, nominato il nuovo cda, La Repubblica, 20 dicembre 2007
- ↑ "The Italian Design Council". design-italia. 23 November 2007.
- ↑ La nuova classe dirigente si seleziona nell'arena, Il Giornale della Libertà, 4 gennaio 2008
- ↑ Attenti, noi giovani ora apriamo la caccia, La Repubblica, 25 novembre 1996
- ↑ Gad Lerner. "Un enfant prodige lancia la <lobby dei giovani, classe oppressa> <Over quaranta, tremate>, La Stampa, 31 ottobre 1996" (in Italian).
- ↑ Alberto Statera, Le paure dei gamberi rossi, La Repubblica, 27 marzo 2000
- ↑ Nello Ajello, Questo mondo sovrastato dal narcisismo di massa, La Repubblica, 29 aprile 2002
- ↑ "Beppe Severgnini, Un futuro brasiliano?, Il Corriere della Sera, 12 maggio 2005".
- ↑ Roger-Pol Droit, Sommes nous tous des brésiliens?, Le Monde, 16 février 2007
- ↑ www.digestivocultural.com
- ↑ "Frequently polemical but always thought-provoking" (Tom Hennigan, Is the Future Brazilian?, The Irish Times, Juli 7 2007)
- ↑ "La Sindrome di Meucci di Giuliano da Empoli - DUE MINUTI UN LIBRO - Rubrica di approfondimento di La7".
- ↑ Giovanni Dozzini, Da Empoli Jr sulle orme del suo avo, Europa, 2 agosto 2008
- ↑ http://www.radio.rai.it/radio2/28minuti/view.cfm?Q_EV_ID=273943
- ↑ "Tg2 Punto di vista, 8 novembre 2007 .: Tg2.rai.it :.".
- ↑ "The Travellers Paris".
External links
- Florence municipality website
- Venice Biennale website
- Radio France Interview (in French)
- Epoca, leading brazilian magazine interview (in Portuguese)
- Venice Sessions talks (in Italian)