What is Luciano De Crescenzo?
{{Infobox writer | name = Luciano De Crescenzo | image = Decrescenzo2.jpg | alt = | caption = Luciano De Crescenzo | pseudonym = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1928|8|20|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Naples]], [[Italy]] | death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2019|7|18|1928|8|20}} | death_place = [[Rome]], [[Italy]] | occupation = writer, actor, director }} '''Luciano De Crescenzo''' ({{IPA-it|luˈtʃaːno de kreʃˈʃɛntso}}; 20 August 1928 – 18 July 2019) was an Italian writer, actor, director and engineer.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.napolike.it/alessandro-siani-napoli-a-teatro-cosi-parlo-bellavista-e-tributo-a-toto | title=Alessandro Siani a Napoli: A teatro con Così Parlò Bellavista e un tributo a Totò | date=11 January 2017 | access-date=19 July 2019 | archive-date=18 July 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190718194853/https://www.napolike.it/alessandro-siani-napoli-a-teatro-cosi-parlo-bellavista-e-tributo-a-toto | url-status=dead }}</ref> He was mainly known as an author and screenwriter. His best known screenplay was for the 1980 comedy ''[[Il pap'occhio]]''. ==Death== De Crescenzo was hospitalized in [[Rome]] for [[pneumonia]] in July 2019. He died several days later on 18 July 2019 from the disease at the age of 90.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/cultura/2019/07/18/e-morto-luciano-de-crescenzo-_12987f9c-e087-4f10-b04e-c4dcf5ea2ec8.html|title=E' morto Luciano De Crescenzo|date=18 July 2019 |publisher=[[ANSA]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://napoli.repubblica.it/cronaca/2019/07/18/news/morto_luciano_de_crescenzo-231489569|title=Addio a Luciano De Crescenzo, l'ingegnere filosofo|date=18 July 2019 |publisher=[[La Repubblica]]}}</ref> ==Bibliography== [[File:Luciano De Crescenzo - foto di Augusto De Luca.jpg|right|200px]] * Tutti santi me compreso, Milano, A. Mondadori, 2011. * Fosse 'a Madonna!, Milano, A. Mondadori, 2012. * Garibaldi era comunista, Milano, A. Mondadori, 2013. * Gesù è nato a Napoli, Milano, A. Mon